The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-09

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where the system is being given a
practical demonstration, says a spe-
cial dispatch from. Rochester, N. Y,
to the New York Times. Those
watching the Roe electric pillow in
action include experts from agricul-
tural colleges as well as dirt farm
ers.
The plow, double-bladed and trac-
tor drawn, sends 100000 volts of
electricity into the soil as it moves
along. Three fields have undergone
this electrical treatment and a fourth
is now being prepared for the SOW
ing of fall wheat.
Results Considered Remarkable
The results are considered remark
able. One of the three fields expert
mented m earlier in the season was
planted to corn, beans and potatoes;
half Of it titled by customary metods
and treated with 1000 pounds of fer
tilizer and planted with certi- /!
fled seed. The other half was treat
ed with doses Of electricity on June
1, the corn, beans and potatoes being
planted on June "a without the use
of fertilizer or certified seed.
1t required sixteen days for the
fortified corn and beans to terminate
and come up, while the crops on the
plots treated with electricity were up
in five days. Observers found that
the electrically treated soil became
much darker in color.
An electrically treated field was
also planted with COW beets, which
have never thrived in this section of
the state. The beets were up six
days after planting and have grown
remarkably since.
The third field was plowed this
spring and received it's first cleo
trical applications on June 8 and 4.
This field had been Overrun by quack
grass and other undesirable growths.
After the electrical process the quack
grass was entirely eradicated.
The field was planted to buck
wheat on July IL and today the crop
stands knee high. Near by is a field
of buckwheat planted at the same
time and by the old methods. It has
lnot attained more than half the
growth of the electrically treated one
Denies Need of Fertilizer
when a fellow starts out to Grad
icate weeds, eXterminate insects and
grow crops without the use Of chem
ical fertilizers and insecticides, he is
undertaking a good deal, and to the
average farmer such claims may ap-
pear absurd Mr.. Roe says. "But
that is exactly what we are doing
here.
"The so-called WORKOUT soils are
not worn out. There is no evidence
to be found anywhere that Mother
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are infertile may be compared with
an electric battery when it is run
down. In the case of a dead battery
I it is only necessary to restore its es-
sential elements and recharge it, when
the battery again resume its func-
tions.
$50 it is with the soil-if it is not
, productive, all that is necessary is to
replenish the soil with its natural ele-
, ments, recharge it with electricity and
its power of functioning is again re-
: stored.
l 81 have long since discovered that
plant life does not require Lltrates,
! phosphorus, lime or potash; no more
do plants feed upon gold, silver, brass
or copper.
It is the Importance of the power
quality Of soils that the farmers must
= first understand, and if they give
due consideration to all the five
physical factors of plant life, we learn
that four Of them are power factors,
e Air and water are qualities of power.
and heat and light, products of cleo
t tricity, are also forms of power. II
: is this power quality that growing
plants take from the. soil. 1t is the
same power quality that the egg
takes from the hen and the newborn
r animal takes from its mother.
: Sends Static Into Soil
v "When the electric current frs
penetrates the SOIL. the latter mus
be moist, and the first treatment i:
to kill the insects and small anima
life. The second treatment kills thC
e weeds and fixes the nitrogen Of thu
air In the soil so that the nitrogen
2 oxygen and carbon combine with thu
moisture Of the soil and produce vi
n able carbonate of ammonia, which
n have termed 'Electric-C. H. o. N,
which is a synthetic compound result
ing from the current generated b!
the plOw.
"The plOw is so constructed tina
r there are two blades that throw tn
I. dirt to the middle. AS the two plc'
blades penetrate the soil and pas
1t along there is an intense electrlcs
field created between them which pro
duces an effect like lightning. DuT
le ing the process of electric culture n
e. chemical fertilizers are required, tn
r electric current ~liberating what j
st needed from the soil. The electTi
fe plow runs north and south. that
er may be in harmony with nature an
the magnetic poles of the earth.
a "The current of the pillow is pr
duced by a generator which excites
~ vibrator transformer, coils, etc
whereby the static is aroused an
transformed into high frequency cur
rents. The power generated is 103
600 volts, 600-meter w~avelength, an
has a radio frequency Of 800, 1000 ps
IL second.
Mounted in the pIow are tv