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CHAPTER XV. PLANT CULTURE WITH HIGH TENSION CURRENT. There appears to be a decided scarcity of data covering the process of plant culture through the agency of electricity. The contributions on the subject have been anything but specific in nature and this is due, in part, to the fact that most of the experimentation has been carried on by private investigators who, for various reasons, do not seem disposed to make public the results of their research. In this country, the greatest progress has probably been made by the agricultural departments of several schools and colleges, and it is to the excellent bulletins from this source that the author is indebted for much of the data that led to some private experimentation. While the present discussion is based upon this experimental work, the author does not wish to pose as an authority on the subject and the remarks herewith are offered in the hope that they may lead to some private research on the part of the readers. An interchange of ideas and experiences is invited and it is felt that such a policy will be conducive to a broader presentation of the subject in later editions of this book. While the art of electroculture is almost wholly in the experimental stage, still it may be said that the experiments. are productive of really practical results and the apparatus necessary for their performance is not expensive, providing the investigator is content to begin on a small scale. 143
