ELECTRICALLY GROWN PEAS.
Many experiments on the effects of : electricity have been carried oot by Professor Lemstrom, as well as by Grandeau, Leclerq, Lagrange, and Pauline. Some of their results may he summarised. i In a field of barley it was found that the part treated electrically produced a crop of 337 per cent, neftcr than the part not so treated. Pota- . toes, carrots, and celery showed an ; improvement of 30 to 70 per cent. Cabages, peas, and turnips,, however were found to he. better without electricity. But later experiments showed that. electrically-treated peas, when copiously supplied with water, ' were 7."> per cent, better than the unelectrified.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1984, 16 April 1906, Page 7
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107ELECTRICALLY GROWN PEAS. Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1984, 16 April 1906, Page 7
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