Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1882 — Electric Light and Plant Life. [ARTICLE]

Electric Light and Plant Life.

Dr. Siemens, the well-known European electrician, claims to have discovered, by experiments, that flowers and fruit can be ripened by electric light. The first trials were not very satisfactory, so clouds were imitated by jets of steam, and the rays also intercepted by thin plates of glass. White glass produced the most vigorous growth, yellow the next, red and blue producing only lanky growths. The cost was only twelve cents a night for 5,000 candle power.. If this is true, peaches, peas and other luxuries will he within reach, while a summer drouth may be defied to db its worst • December will be the planting month *nd February will be the harvest season. ?■'