NETU AGE SCIENCE J()URNATiutte 1976

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This issue is dedicated to agriculture in hopesthat the combined informaEion will be of help Eo thefarmers of the future, of which we feel will be ever-yone.

With the increase in our population throughoutthe $/orld and a decrease in the farming, it will be-come necessary for approxirnatly 40% of Ehe PeoPle !ogrow. their or^/n vegetables, that is if they wanE !osurv rve .

From the beginning of time on earEh' man has hadthe privilage of-working with plants and Ehe discrip-tion of the first so called garden EhaE itas placedhere came with the instruclions of how to keep it ingood shape and let it produce L00"1 for the benefit ofmankind.

Yes, we are lalking about Ehe GARDEN OF EDEN.A11 of Ehe exposed surface of che earth was coveredwith plants and the Eden tha! it exisced in was theatmosphere; the air, moisture, and frequency thatthese plants grew into and in the middle of all ofthis wis a spEcial kind of tree that was differenithan the rest of lhe pl.ants, and iE was called theTREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF LIFE, Why was it calledlhis and why was it differenc?

We feel that it was a system that helped disper-se Ehe many Ehousaads of micro frequencies that are inmotion thr.oughout lhe atmosphere, thus giving eachplant a close relation with the count of frequency itneeded. This is referred to as Ehe R,F. count in mostprofessions that are working along these lines today.it is a known facE today that each plant has its ownR.F. factor, even though they mighE yeild the same kindof fruit thev have a different counE. This we refer Eoas each plani with its own knowledge.

Let us review some of the facts that have beenrecorded for the past 70 or so years from the researchin rhis direction.

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one of Ehe greatest boons to our society wouldbe insecE control by nonchemical or semichemical ne-thods Iacking polluting side effects, It is epi-so-dic polluCion lhat captures public attention, TherecenE deaths of thousands of sheep in the vicinityof a military EesEing ground are an example. How-ever,.within the conEext of Ehe problem, perhapsmore imporEant are long-range cumulative effecLs pro-duced by chlorinaced organic pesEicides such as ald-rin, DDT, dieldrin, methoxychlor, and oEhers. Thedangerous philosophy prevails that if one cannoE see,feel, smel1, or lasEe a pollutant, it does noE exist,Nuclear hazards, for example, were frequently over-looked unEil obvious cases of radiari.on sickness werereported. Here it took inventors to provi.de advan-ced insErumentaEion Ehat replaced lhe old spinthari-scope in this critical field,' Fossil records indicaEe that insects are the

oldesE inhabitants on earth. NinEy percenL of allanimals are insects, Silk, cochineal, honey, andlac are insect products. A few hundred of the 500,000 species known are harmful. Selective insecE con-trol in agriculture and peripheral fields is impor-EqnE.to effeclive plant growth and yeild. AlEh6ughthe intrinsic natuie of insects is iot fully undei-sEood, i.t appears that electronics could emerge asa conErolling agenE.

RADIOFREQUENCY CATALYST FOR INSECT CONTROL

Insects are susceptible to ultrasonic wavesand electromagnetic fields, If dense energy tra insare directed at a specimen, internal heating effectstend to occur, and Ehe animal might boil and explode.However, if gains are evaluated against cosEs, thefact emerges lhat the use of electronic methods aloneis too expensive for practical applicaEions.

By contrast, chemicals are cheap, This invitesus to consider combinations of low-cost electronicswith inexpensive chemicals, possibly in a caEalyticsense, Enzymes, for example, acE as catalysts inr{tater, since many life sustaining compounds reactonly in soluEions. Thus, electronic pulse trainsmight be direcced aE insect populations that haveeaten caEalyst-type chemicals responsive to relati-vely weak eletromagnetic stimulation. Here, the

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caEalyst \"rou ld give rise to abnormal endergonicscates resulting in death. A normal endergonicevent is the cornbinalion of carbon dioxide and vraterto form sugar wirhin a living system.

A basic approach is shown.in Fig: 1-1 . The end-ergonic-type organic catalyst is applied to crops inEhe form of a spray. Aften the catalyst is taken upby insects 12 or more hours later, radiofrequencyenergy triggers it into acLion inside the body of theinsect, LeEhalicy will resulE from riretabolistic ano-malies in populaEions thus radiated. The ideal spraywould funcEion as a catalyst only in small animallife forms. It would have no effect on planEs per se,nor would it be harmful if not irradiaued by R.F.

The following references provide a basic inErodu-tion: A, Hollaender, ed., Radiation Biology, Vols, I,II, III, (New York; McGraw-Hill Book Company,

1956).G. G, Simpson, Life: An Introduction to Bio-logy (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1957).

Fig. 1-1 .Radio-frequency cataltsE for insect suppression '

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PTANT ELECTROCULTURE

His torically, attem?ts- Eo. lncreaseHrs torrcally, aLEemPES tO lncfe'rsEof plants date bi6k to lhe.I8th century '

In coniuncEion with environmental pollution"tteniioi"iS-ei;;;i"d Eo the nitrate -pollucion of;;;I;;i;;';r i"iLirir".t. New nethods, prererable;i;;;;i;;i;-.ie-a""i'.d to stimulate plant sro\^'thand yeild '

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was the first;;.i-;i eainburgtr, scoEland, . lPPafelrlyDrav ol DutllrrLrrF|rrr euvLrq!rv, err---"--,;;-4.;;";;-""p"ii'it""t" i'n tit+o',' Major experiments.,^-^ ^^^).,^ r-i h.' Dr S T,emstroem ln ! lnland lnwere conducted bY Dr. S' Lemstroem1t03, Exellent iesults were obtained'

Dr, LemsEroem, a professor of physics at Hel-"irrnf ois.-""tn" to ihe belief thar vbry rapid growth.i"i.""tition in polar regions during the shorl arc-;i"';;il;;-"".-lo'l" ts.rfb"d to sPe'i,al electrical"""aiii."i of the atmoiphere in th6se high.latiludes'He duplicated Lhese assumed condrtrons by rncreasrngItre .l*osptteric current, which normally passes tromthe air t; the planE, by the-use of aEenna-EyPe wlresolacea above Ehe .top. -An elecErostatic VJimshurstrirach ine was used for his purpose ' Results $'ere grveni"'iiil-r,"." tioem ' s book, rlei,tricity and Agricultureand Horticullure, (London, 1904).

Lemstroem's work and results gave rise-!o exPer-iments on an international scale, as is reflected rnthe following literalure:

F, BasEy, Nouvaux Essais d'Electroculrure (Paris:C. Amat, 19I0).V. H. Blackman' el al, "The Effect of an Elec-tric Current oi Very Low Intensity on Ehe Rate;i-ct;;lh-;i ch" coi"opEile of Barlev," Proc'Roy, Soc. B', 95,214-28' 1923.

K, Stern, Eleklrophysiologie der^Pflanzen (Hei-delberg-Berlin: J '- Springer , 1924) '

i"e t"ir ;'"f""iioi"fture," F:q. t-? shows a typicalelEccroculture system' ffre oe exciring voltages are;;;;;;i;;;-uv-ti.r6 height of the feeding antenna' but

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usuallv are between 2000 and 70,000 volts' The foll-owing 6bservations have been made:

1. The true Percenlage of yield ir.rcrease fora good field is 45 Percent maxlmum.

2, ThE better a field 'has been plowed, the,gteatet is the yield obtaineil through elec-iroculture. If Ehe soil is too lean, nopronounced increase in yield can be obser-ved .

3. Some plants do noE respond to treatment un-less iratered. If Ehey are l^taEered' thevield can be extremely high' Peas, carrots 'ind cabbage are EYPical .

4, Electroculture tr-eitment is detrimental tomany, probably all, plants if conducted onwarm, sunnY daYs.

5. overliead aitenna wires should be arralgedhigh enough to permit convenient plowing.

In the vicinity of the p1ant, current densitiesradiated by overhead discharge systems range-aPProx-imatelv frirm 10-12 A/cm2, Natural electrical currentaEnsities peak out between 10-16 to 10-15 A/crn2.' A1-though theie cnrrent densities might apPear to beextrEmelv 1ow. note that electroculture provides cur-ienr that are'abouE 1000 to 10,000 times higher Ehanthose siven bv nature. Electrometers may be used rnthe fi;ld to 6stablish proper current levels-. |igh-"i-aii"" voltages are niedi:d to comPensate for in-creased antenna height.

The domain of electroculture is wide open fornew inventions because experiments are not cornplete'Specific needs for improvements reside -in the areaof-i":ii"ia high-volElge generation and application.

It is of interest. Eo reaLize that plant elec-troculture, in spite of its excellenE -promise, wasrelegated Lo dormancy by the advent of i4expensivenitr;te fertilizers.- H6re we have a typical casein which a once-fabulous invention in chemistry c orn-*""""a-io dig its own grave (and perhaps ours, too!)

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PSYCHOGALVANIC EFFECTS IN LIVING PLANTS

Although living planEs normally areas more Ehan edibles or raw malerial forpurposes, new inventions and experimentsdetermine their sentient properEies.

Early in 1966, polygraph expert Cleve Backster ofNew York created the background for an enEirely new sci-ence by accidental discovery. Employing the same kindof polygraph (Iie deteclor) Ehat is used to resE emot-ional sEimulation in human subjects, Backster found thatplant specimens register fear, apprehension, pleasure,and relief. Fulher, by using simple electronic methods,it was found lhat plants reacE not only to overE Ehreatsto lheir sEate of well-being, but even more stunningly,Eo the inEentions and feelings of other living crealures,animal as well as human, with which they are closely as-sociaEed.

It could be shown, for example, that simple houseplants, such as the Dracaena Massangeana or philodendron,regisEer apprehension when a dog goes pasE them, reac!violently when Iive shrimp are dumped into boiling r^raEerand appaiently receive signals from dying cells in chedryin! bolld of an accidentally cut finger, Plants evenappeai to respond Eo distress signals over a consider-ab 1e dis Eance .

The inrnen s e importance of what is now referred Loas the "Backs Eer efiect" need not be underlined, Thephenomenon offers entirely new possibilities to inven-tors and research scientists, typically in areas ofcommunications heretofore closed to us.

The overall aspecEs of the "Backster effect" wereprofiled in the following publicacions:

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C. Backster, "Evidence of a Primary Perception inPlant 1ife," International Journal of Parapsycho-logy, Vol. 10:4, Winter 1968, pp.329-48.Anon,, "ESP: More Science, Less Mysticism,cal World News, Vol. 10:12, March 2L, 1969,2L.

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L. G. Lawrence, "Electronics and Parapsychology, "Electronics World, April 1970, pp. 27-29,

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L. G. Lawrence, "Elecrronics and the LiningPlanE," Elecltonic World, October 1969' Pp.25-28.Ttr e effecr continues Eo be verified both here

and abroad, Its action cannot be blocked by Fara-day screens, screen cages, lead-lined containers,or'oEher shielding sErucEures positioned beEweenthe plant and ext6rnal, Eest -obiects.. Therefore, -the bhenomenon cannot be added- to the inventory ofe 1e c 't romagn e t i c domains esEablished by classicalphysics.

How does rhe effecE come about? Unfortunately,there are no concise answers at this time. Thefield is too new. However, the effect has a psych-oealvanic characEer and can be varified by insErumen-tition baEEeries. A typical tesE sysEem is composedof a variable Wheatslonb Uriage, a dc amplifier, aFaraday cage for Ehe planE specimen, and graphic re-corder- for-collecting data in a permanenE manner.

ln operation. che cage-contained plant is con-nected by'a simple, leaf-ittached clamp electrodelo Ehe W[reatscone 6ridee, and che readouE system isenergized. Then, by mentally projeccing physical.harm"aeainst the plinE, response curves may be elic-ited. "However, ii Ehe treal is not followed up byphvsical action (like burning, for example), the;lant tends to adiust Eo Ehese "idle threaEs" andi""i"" to respondi Response profiles are not uni-form, changin! frorn one specimen to the next' Not""oo.t.e" 5nd7or delaved ieacEions occur in many.."L", all of'which a?e imperfectly understood.

As a guide to inventors ' Ehe following egYip-menE systems, approaches, and scientific consi'der-aEions are offered as prac Ercal alcls:

l. Tb avoid industrial and domestic electri-ca1 interference' elecEronics-orienEed ex-oerimenEs wirh plancs should be conductedln shielded enciosures such as metallicgreenhouses. If, however, such a sErucEurefs coo costly, an inexpeniive wooden designmav be used,- Here. interference can be at-teiuared by atEaching metallic.screen wireEo the wal1s, botEom, and ceiling of thegreenhouse. NoEe that light must be pet:tnl-

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tEed to enter, since it is vital to Photo-synEhesis, Ii a given Faradqy-fyPe. enclo-sure is toEalIy opaque, artrtrclal rrrum-ination must b6 pioviaea. If lamps of thefluorescent tyPe are imployed, light mustenter lhrough a rneshed meEal screen secur-elv grounded co a vraEer pipe. For informa-ti6n-on lamps designed explicirly for liv-ing plants, con lac t:-Commercial Engineering Departmen!

Lighting DivisionSvlvania ElecEric Products Inc.Silem. MassachusetEs

Reques c bulletins 0-262 ("Gro-Lux" fluor-esienE lamp), 0-285 and 0-286. The visiblelieht soectrum required bv plants for suc-celsfut'chlorophyil synthLs-is is between4000 and 4800 angsEroms, ettectlve varuespeaking out at about 4500 angstroms.

For field operation involving testing ofplants, psychogalvanic equipment.must befroused' in ?ugged, shielded conEainers.This requirement is especially stringenEin those cases in which susceptibilicytesEs are performed adjacent to power lines,oooulaEed areas. or automotive servrce sta-tib.r" g"t ".ating voltage transients. Elec-trically, plants may be regarded -as.organicsemiconiuctors and, regardless of size, haveorthodox antenna functions '

For dependable experimental resulEs, newvirgin- plants may be used. Fresh culEuresmav-be started conveiniently from packagedsrbwth kics such as "Punch"n Grow" providedtv Northrup. Kins & Co', Minneapolis, Minn-eiota. Tha-kit dontains seeds and soil mat-erial in a plastic container. IEs cover maybe punched wi.th a blu4t too1, and waEer maybe added for seed activation.In coniunction with item 3, seeds may bestimulited and raised into Ehe seedlingstage under the influence of weak radio-fre{uency fields. Apparatus for- this. pur-oos6 should oDerate below a wavelength ofi0 meters. Fbr information on RF siimula-tion of seeds, perusal of the following re-ports is sugges ted '

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P. A.. Ark, "Application ofency ElecErostatic F iel dsure-, " QuarEerly Review of15:172-I9L

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In Ehe high-power stimulation phase, RF en-ergy is applied for fractions of a second.According to the scheme shown in Fi-g. 1-3,seeds are contained in a plasric sack orbowl and placed between application platesconnecEed^ to the RF generitor Eank circuit.This process is most critical and shouldnoE be atEempted without background studies

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Fig. L-4Composite RI' stimulatoi for seeds and seedlings.

In the lgw-power stimulation phase, RF cur-rents in Ehe rnicro-ampere or milIi-ampererange are applied to a planted seed speci-men. Apparatus is shown in Fig. 1-4. Theblower-cooled RF generator Eo the left feedsenergy into an interval switch at the bottomof the quasi-Faraday cage. A nutrient feed-er for seedlings, seen aE the upper right ofthe illustration, furnishes weak auxin-typesoluEions or other growth hormones.

Because of its radio-frequency character,equipmenE of this type mus! always be oper-ated-within an electiomagnetically sh ie ld-ed facility such as those outlined in item1.

As an experimental adjunct to RF methods,seeds also can be stimulated successfullyby ultrasonic processes. A research paperon the ultrasonic treatment of corn seedsis available from:

U. S. Department of AgricultureWashington, D,C.20250

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A piezoelectric-Eype ulLrasonic generatoris- shown in Fig. 1-5. Operacing at fre-quency of L65 kHz, the insErumenE requlresno rectifier and drives Ehe crysEal at apower of 17 watts.In the ultrasonic mode, seeds to be treatedare placed in a sieve-type metal conEainerand ilaced in a warer bath agitated by ultra-sonil waves, Frequencies up Eo 900 kHz havebeen used. According Eo re-ports, ultrasonics

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are yeild-stimulating; i.e., seeds treaEedby this method germinate better than conE-rols and render more produce. However,within the context of the current problem,the method is suggested primarily in orderto grow virgin plants fasE for experimentalpurposes. As in the case of RF methods, noinforrnation is available on the RF or ultra-sonically s Eimulated plant properties differin the eipression of psychogalvanic pheno-mena in connection with the "Backster Effect."

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Fig. 1-6.Basic acousEical planE response detector.

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To commercialize an invention in this area,given equipment should be small and funct-ional . Being a "discovery Eool" for others(including studenls, engineers , gardeners,hobbyists, etc.), new psychogalvanic cirsu-itry should be developed to display plantreactions with rhe leasc possible expense,Fig. 1-6 shows one approach. A current-controlled oscillator (Fig. 1-6A) forcesa weak excitation current through a plantleaf via a clamp elecLrode (Fig. I-68),Variations in the conductance properties ofthe plant, which may be regarded as an or-ganic semiconductor, will "steer" currenr-sensitive oscillator stage Q1. Thus, over-all action is similar to thaE of Fig. 1-6ca Wheatstone-type detector principle.

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Arranged'on a tripod, the plant response detec-tor might feature an elevated clamp elecErodemounted on an exEension inserEed into the ins-frumen! proper, Thus, plant structures can bereached and observed as desired. During oper-aEion it is imperative thaE the electroie ii*-Eure does no! move. !{ovemenEs or bending ofleaves inserted in!o Ehe clamp elecErode pro-duce undesirable strain-gauge effects and' im-pair the quality of psycfiogilvanic data,In conjunc tion wi th this and.related equip-men!, the inventor should realize that'plintreactions, if any, cannot be predicted inadvance. Fire (injury !y acri of burning)is the most powerful itimulant a plant canexperrence. It was the mental proiection ofEhis very threat that led Mr. Bicki Eer to thediscovery o.f the effect named afler him. ByconErast, the act of cutting can bring some-what delayed reactions, El6crrical piant be-havior triggered by direct applicatiirn of forceproduces weIl-known responses, cypically asinvesrigated in a specimen litie the Mim6saPudica, DaEa and directions for exDerimencs

may be found in the following referince:J. Bures, et a1, ElectrophysioloeicalMethods in Biological Re3eirch (New york:Academic Press Inc , 1967)

The function of organic semiconductors. ifconsidered alone, is discussed in good'depchln: F. GuEmann, Organic Semiconductors (NewYork: John l^liley & Sons , Inc . 1963) .

The behavior of living systems exposed EosEimulus and excitation is given in the book:G, Ungar, Excirarion (Sprinefield. Il1.:Charles C. Thomas, publishei, 1963),An excellenE description of electron trans-port systems in plants has been given bvIdalter D. Donner, Jr. of the Uniiersitv'ofPennsylvania. His conEribution nay be- found]'n:

Lrl. A. Jensen and L. G. Kaval.j ian (ed),Plant Biology Today: Advanc6s and Chif-

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lenges (2nd ed., Belmont, Calif.: Wads-worth Publishing Company, Inc ., L967) .

All.things cor.rsidered, the psychogalvanic effe-cc in plants is one of rhe ire?y bEst vehiclesfor dramatic new discoveries and inslumantsavailable to invenEors today. The effects ofthese phenomena on science bnd industrv nodoubt h'ill be considerable and of irrneise valueto socigty.at large. To that end, iE is hopedEhat definiEions of Ehe various aipects inv6l-ved poinr ways from which to starE:

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GROW IT YOURSELF

The enthusiasm for home gardening t!at -sPrangup in America three or four years ago amid fasE-rising food prices has taken firm rooE'

For the first time since World I^Iar II, morethan half of all U.S. households, 51 percent, Pll+to have a vegeEable garden in 1976. That's the trnd-ing of the GalluP Poll.

Again Ehis spring, business is booming in seedsand feicilizer, with supplies of both reported plant-iful. Tools, iuch as mechanical soil tilers, arereadily avaiiable, sometimes at bargain prices,

AII sisns indicaLe, too, that there will beplentv of lids for canning jars Ehis season. Ai"*"y by the DePartmenE of-Agriculture finds Ehattft " iia"'.tty expbct to double-its production in 1976.

FAVORITE VEGETABLES

In many Parts of Ehe country, -tomatoes, aPpea!to be the mirst popular vegeEable, followed by leafletEuce and squash of all varretres.

I^/i11iam Foos, president of Ferry-Morse SeedComoanv in Mountain-View, Calif.' reports that earlystriimeits of all kinds of seeds are up "a liEEleon"i l""t year, when we had record sa1es."

AE Ehe NorEhrup King Company, in Minneapolis,Vice President Howard Schuler seys lnqurrles abouEsardenins are running 5 percent higher than lasti"".. HE estimatea [hat-home gardening will expand6y abouc 2 percent Ehis Year.

A shift from days gone by is noted by Mr. Sch-uler. who says thaE those gardening now are not Prr-.ariiv the impoverished people Erying to save money'but middle cllss suburbaniti:s who want a hobby.

W, Stanley Stuar!, Jr., vice.president of BallCorooraEion. at Muncie, Ind., estimates that Eherewili be about 35 million home vegeEable gardens dur-ing 1976, up from 32'5 million lasE year'

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Moreover, Mr. SEuart-99Y9, about- 41 percer.rE ofall American households will do some home cannrng rn1976, up from 37 Percent a Year ago.

To meet this expecced increase, Ball officialsftr"" ee.iea manufacturing oPeration to produce 65o"a""it more replacement caps and liks than Intere5;i;;;; o"i-i"tL y""t. The'cornpanv's plants will;;;iL;"" to operate three shifts a day,-seven daysa weet, as thay have since January, 1975.

Supplies of gardening equipmmt are reportedplentiful, with some at lower prrces lh:.s year '

A. A. Malizia, presidenE of McDor,rough PowerEquipment, Inc. at McDonough, Ga' explarns:

"There are plenEy of soil tillers ' The indus-Lrv overDroduced'bv 30 to 35 percent last year, soirrl,t" "ri a good miny carry-overs on Ehe market'You can make some good buYs.

Amone the latest trends in back-yard gardeningcropping ip rhis sPring:

Built-up gardens are gaining,advocates' 4qi1-road ties or^ biicks are ofEen used as a low wall toiaise the soil level by a foot or t\",o. Advantage:ii;"-""ti"i to work, t[re drainage is usually -impro-ved. and iE easier Lo build the soil to the desi-red'richness in such a confined area.

Drip irrigation, in which rnoisttlrg i-s slowlymetered but to-plants by means of a drip hose system,is becoming more PoPular.

Soil tesring is becoming a sr,andard procedurefor most new hom6 gardens, qften Ehrough cou4ty^orsi"t"-igti"uIEural-officei for a small fee of $3-,orlo. Ho ever, says Huey Whitehur,st of Texas A & M'sl.if"" expetitn"nt"l stltion: "These are not reallyn"""t""tV, particularly after a.couple of. years,.when vou-'ve' gotten your soil built up wrth organlcmatter and fercilizer. "

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Mois!ure meEers, used initially for indoorplants, are being installed in some outdoor gardensLo reaiure Ehe amount of moisEure in Ehe ground andindicate r.rhen waEering is needed,

Container gardening is catching on with qPart-menE dwellers. -Inslead of flowers, lhese gardenersare raising vegeEables in hanging baskets, in.con-tainers on"s Eairways, on lrellises and in windowboxes.

Gardening in a buckeE is among lhe more origi-nal concepEs.- Milton Srnirh Burgess, Sr., a retiredmeat oacklr in Little Rock, Ark., last year planted22 diTferent vegetables in 90 conEainers, rangingfrorn 5-ga1lon piint buckets to big garbage cons'

Mr. Burgess's technique is. simple. - He filledEhe buckets iith leaves, ihrew in some lime andfertilizer, and topped it all off with abouE twoinches of leat mosi. "rt's really easy"' he explains"Al1 vou hive to do is add abouE a quart of waEereach Lvening and Ehen jusc sit back and watch- thingsgror,r, Idith-peat moss, Ehere are..no weeds. Also, Iion't have t6 spray for insecrs."

From 12 buckets of plants, he produced about1,600 tomatoes lasE year. Another 16 buckers withfive sEalks of corn in each yielded enough lo lastall sununer, His wife canned 50 quarts of cucumberpickles. ltris spring he is increasing his gardento Il0 bucke Es

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ThC I./ORLD FEDERATION OF SCIENCE & ENGINEERINGhas. as one of its major projects, for- the Pasl Ewoveais. been doing quiEe an extenslve brt ot exPerr-irenting wich whaE vie have narned MAGNA CULTURE '

The head of the project is Dr' Norman Kellogga"a a""-to ftis dedication-Eo the project we have had

"o*"-""t" outsEanding results fiom Ehe various ar-i..t"e.et t" for plant environment, and we have provenEo 5urselves and Eo a few oEher interestgd.Partles,ittai-eictt plant is a living creature with its own;;;; ;i-i.'Eeltie"t." and tfrat Ehe greatest restric-ti8n co life is-ics inability to move around andr""i. ."t-ift" ivp. of suroundings tha! would help ich..r" . betEer i:nvironment to exist in '

There are three things that are very importantto all tvpes of plants: Frrst r-s nutrrcron, maKe.u." rtr.'loi1 hal all the normal nuErienEs that areneeded. Second is moisEure, now when you are r^tater-i"n 'tro,.tt plants make sure that you do not over doiil 6t thit vou do not under do it, make frequent"tt6"t" io ""6 if the moisture is up to about an inchirorn rhe Eop of Ehe seed bed, if it is dry deeperEhan one inih it should be watered'

The third is frequency, if a plant does not re-ceive enouqh R'F. courit fr6m Ehe ground and Ehe at-mosohere. iand ir takes both), then it will not ma-;;;5--;;;;";iv it 'i-rr onlv vi:ild around 30% of itsoorentiai. ihac is why mosE farmers only exPectibout 302 to 40% of rhi: poEenEial of each planE,quite a \.taste, dont t You agree '

Our research has proven Ehet by puEting Anten-naes up at cer tain locit ion-s r \'te can enhance Ehe en-',, ior.r*itt t enough to a1low. ttre plant-maxirnum R'F';;;;-6 draw irom thus giving'us close to 100% yeildfrom all types of bearing Plants '

Have you ever wondeled why plants grovt largerand faster- along a wire fence. The fence is- acErng.r "tt .nt"trna' 'The fence will enhance lhe freque-ncy;;;; i;; oi rit'" feet on each side of it and if"3" die down below the surface of the soil on each

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you will have Eo go down five or six times as deep-to f ind the same kind of mois Eure.

AnoEher observalion that gives you some ideaof what higher concentration of frequency can have onEhe hydro count is to seE a car next to the metalpoles' that hold the high tension wires that run as-ioss counEry, and park another car abouE lwo blocksaway, When- you come back in the morning the carund-er rhe hiLh tension wires next to the pole willhave moisEure on the windows, which the one twoblocks away wi 11 noE,

This should give you some idea of what freque-ncies can do. IhE acm6sphere is loaded with miil-ions of frequencies and they are being used daily.The funny thing is, that \"te are tolally unaware ofhow much rraffic is going on all around us. Anot-her thing that is amazing, is that we are only us-ing about 2% of tlnis traffic.

With MAGNA CULTURE, we can use a small amountof Ehese frequencies, we do not need Ehem all, aslong as we can atEract some of thern it will giveEhe plants a much sEronger flow to draw from andsinc6 each plant is a kiowledge in its own, it willonly use what it needs.

Some of the drawings and pictures on the nextfew pages will give you some idea as lo how you cangec 6eEter resui.Es from your planEs, of course,,itiloes noE mean that this is the total ansvter. Ifyou can experimenE wiEh your own arrangements andget better results, please do so and let us knowwhaE your results are.

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Insectisides should not be needed as much, -as desEru--ctive insecls do nol like the frequency Put out by tne colls'Constructive insects, such as Bees and Earth Worms are notb;-ih";;4. In fact, Earth Worrns Ehrive under MAGNA CULTUREconditions, as our experiments have proven '

The I'IAGNA CULTURE anEennae rechargein Ehe soTTTs?-dTfiEe plants or Erees 'quency of che EARTH'S ETHER FIELD.

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We do not recommend Eha! vou use commercial ferti-lizers, they are lolded wittr aitificial junk. Plantsare living cells of their own and it is no! naturalfrom a common sense direccion for us to feed our plantssomething that ne know is unhealthy.

lf you will look at the labels on any of your com-mercial lrtificial plant fertilizers yorl i.rill see thatthey give you a danger precauEion tha! iE is dangerousEo vour health. bu! r^re don't seem to realize t.haE evenafter we feed it Eo our plants and then \,te eat the fruirof that plant, thac iE may still be dangerous to ourhea l th

Take these three items and run them Ehrough yourmind. NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS, and POTASSIUM. That isthe main ingredients of artificial fertilizers, wouldyou sit down to a table with a plate full of Ehese soca l Ied life giving items?

For the pasr 30 to 40 years, our agriculture sys-tems have grown to depend on the commercial ferlilizersto Ehe poinr that 98"1 of our farming is artificial.Now let us take some figures from anoEher direction andsee if we can still add 2 + 2 and come up \tith 4.

During lhis same period of time we find lhat therehas been a Eremendous increase in Ehree of the mosE dis-abiliting diseases that are known Eo man. Number oneis Heart Conditions, number two is Arthritis Condi!ions,and the third is the most baffling of all - CANCER. Iam not a medical doctor, but I do-feel that 6ffiedica1research finds a way to counteracE che effects of what-- !he chemical reactions of these artificial poisons are'to the human body, they just might corne up with an anti-dote,

Through our research we have proven to our ortn saE.-isfaction lhat by getting back !o basics and using nat*ural organic fertilizers we have much healthier planEsand fee I healthier ourselves.

There is more waste that comes ouE of the kitchensof mos! homes than it would take to farm half the landthe country has, To name some of the iEems that couldbe reused: old breas, coffee or tea, vegelable r^tas!e,ciErus peels, old shopping bags or nelirspapers, yes oldnewspapers, just shred it up and mix it into the soilwith all the rest of the left overs.

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With a good. sysEem of recycling your normal or-ganic waste and using the I'{AGNA CULTURE system of en-hanci.ng Ehe frequency count around your garden, you canget back on the righc track to good healih

One of our Service Members just brought us a bookthaE is an outstanding piece of iesearch.- We recom-ment you read it, noE only is it a good book on plantlife but it is very good on basicall.y what life is allabouE. Read it: TiEIE: ''THE SECRET LIFE Of PLANTS".By: Peter Tompkins & ChristopherBird.

Pub. : AVON,Found in mos E BooksEores.

We also recommend, "ORGANIC GARDENING & FARMING",a monEhly magazine found.usually at Ehe local NewsEandsor Drugs tores .

I,rIe have talked quite a bit about what the freque-ncies that we exist in can do for planEs. So be pie-pared, because in our next issue wt will cover whatfrequencies can do for the human body.The next issue will be in SepEember 1976. If Ehisis the firs! issue of the NEW AGE-SCIENCE JOURNAL rhat

you have read, then you may be interested in the firsE,it was published in March '76.The NEW AGE SCIENCE JOURNAL is a quarterly publi-

CAtiON Of thc WORLD FEDEMTION OF SCIENCE & ENOINEERING,TIiE.COST IS $3,00 an issue or 99.00 for a one year sub-scrrpt]-on,

We publich a NevrsleEler rhat goes to our ServiceMembers each quarter in addition to the JOURNAL. Thereis no charge for the NewsletEer. To become a ServiceMember there is a life fee of $2.00.

WORLD FEDERATION OFSCIENCE & ENGINEERINGDept. S, M.5842 McFadden Suite "J"Huntington Beach, Ca. 92649-,:. /.: -Xa1z

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