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**Agriculture**  


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> ["US Town Uses Hot Water -- Not
> Herbicides -- To Control Weeds"](#hotwatr)
>
> [Plants with Broad-Spectrum Pesticidal
> Properties](#pesticplt)
>
> [Agricultural Research (February 2003)
> :"Radio Frequency Puts the Heat on Plant Pests"](#rfvspests)
>
> # [Joel Sternheimer: "French Physicist Creates New Melodies -- Plant Songs"](#sternh1)
>
> [Joel Sternheimer's Patents](#sternpats)
>
> [Norman T. Harding, Jr: US Patent #
> 4,756,755, "Rodent Repellent Liquids"](#usp4756)
>
> [AstroMeteorology & Agriculture](#astromet)
>
> [Biochemical Stimulation of Plant Growth](#biocstim)
>
> [Biodynamic Activated Ferments](#biodferm)
>
> ["Termites Repelled By Catnip Oil"; USDA
> Forest Service (3-26-03)](#termit)
>
> [Companion Plants](#complnts)
>
> [Insect-Repellant Plants](#insxrepl)
>
> [Beneficial Insects](#beninsx)
>
> [ElectroCulture Patents](#ecpats)
>
> ["Novel Farm Machine Checks Soil Erosion" (Popular
> Science, August 1937)](#psau37)
>
> ["Fruit Grove Protection System" (Pop.
> Sci., November 1940, p. 20)](#fruitprtx)
>
> ["Scientists Find New Plant Growth
> Booster" (Beaumont Enterprise, May 1985)](#plntgroth)
>
> ["Rubber Coated Seeds Resist Parasites" (Pop.
> Sci., September 1937)](#seeds)
>
> [Robert Martin: "Amazing Machine Picks
> Seeds That Will Grow" (Pop. Sci., January 1940)](#thearle)
>
> ["Shocking Weeds to Death" (Popular
> Science, September 1946)](#shokweed)
>
> ["Fence Shocks Fish"  (Pop. Sci.,
> October 1947)](#fence)
>
> ["Electricity Controls Tree Growth" (Pop.
> Sci., August 1935)](#elxplntgrowth)
>
> ["Electricity as a Tree Pest Cure";
> Scientific American (27 May 1916, p. 549)](#elxpestcure)
>
> [Thomas G. Hieronymous: "Cosmiculture"](#hieronym)

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"US Town Uses Hot Water -- Not Herbicides
-- To Control Weeds"


Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
> Carrboro, North Carolina, is killing weeds with water
> instead of chemicals. The town is using a machine that
> superheats water and dispenses it in a carefully controlled
> stream to kill weeds without using toxic chemical herbicides.
> The equipment, which is made in New Zealand, is in use in
> several other countries but is almost unknown in the United
> States.
>
> Carrboro is testing the equipment to implement the town's
> least toxic Integrated Pest Management policy, adopted in
> March 1999. The policy calls for phasing out use of
> conventional pesticides, including herbicides, on town
> property, but does not apply to the local residents, their
> property or businesses. City leaders hope to show how
> beautiful grounds can be achieved without poisoning the
> environment.
>
> To date, efforts to reduce pesticide use have emphasized
> alternatives to conventional herbicides. An earlier analysis
> of Carrboro's pest management practices showed that more
> \pesticides were used on weeds than for any other purpose.
> Weeds are a problem around buildings and parking lots, along
> curbs and gutters and in parks. The town is using a
> comprehensive approach, rather seeking a single solution,
> including a biodegradable herbicide made from corn gluten,
> propane flamers which kill plants by singing them, thick mulch
> on plant beds to smother weeds, and now hot water.
>
> The machine in use in Carrboro produces a steady stream of
> near-boiling water that kills weeds by melting the waxy outer
> coating of their leaves. The self-contained machine is mounted
> on a small truck with hoses connected to long-handled
> applicator wands. A quick spray on unwanted weeds kills them;
> the plants darken almost immediately and turn brown within a
> few hours. The flow of water is low and cools quickly. While
> the results look very much like that of a contact herbicide,
> there is no toxic residue and the area is immediately safe for
> play.
>
> "That's what it is all about," said Allen Spalt, Director of
> the Agricultural Resources Center and a member of the Carrboro
> Board of Aldermen. "We want to find ways to reduce pesticide
> use so that we can eliminate the risk of any child being
> poisoned. Carrboro already uses only small amounts of
> pesticides; we believe that this hot water system may be part
> of the solution to reducing use completely."
>
> The hot water system, on loan to Carrboro until the end of
> June, will be used by town staff, who will also demonstrate it
> for other interested parties. At the conclusion of the trials,
> a final decision will be made whether or not the town will
> purchase the equipment.
>
> <http://www.ghorganics.com/HotWeedKiller.htm>
>   
> <http://metalab.unc.edu/arc>
> Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) ~ <http://www.panna.org/>
>
> ---
>
>   
>
> **Plants with Broad-Spectrum Pesticidal Properties**
>   
> Source: Grainge, M. & Ahmed, S.:  Handbook of Plants
> with Pest-Control Properties; 1988, Resource Systems Inst.,
> East-West Center, Honolulu, HI. Wiley & Sons, New York.
>
> Grainge, M. RIC, East-West Centre, Honolulu, Hawai, U.S   
> Ahmed, S. Resource Systems Institute (RIC), East-West Centre,
> Honolulu, Hawai, United States
>
> African Marigold (Tagetes erecta)   
> American False Hellebore (Veratrum viride)   
> Angel's Trumpet (Datura metel)   
> Black Pepper (Piper nigrum)   
> Castor Bean (Ricinus communis)   
> Chinaberry, Persian Lilac (Melia azedarach)   
> Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium)   
> Cockroach Plant (Haplophyton cimicidium )   
> Custard Apple (Annona reticulata)   
> Derris (Derris elliptica)   
> Devil's Shoestring (Tephrosia virginiana)   
> European White Hellebore (Veratrum album)   
> French Marigold (Tagetes patula)   
> Ginger (Zingiber officinale)   
> Goatweed (Ageratum conyzoides)   
> Indian Aconite (Aconitum ferox)   
> Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium)   
> Mammey Apple Tree (Mammea americana)   
> Neem Tree (Azadirachta indica)   
> Peanut (Arachis hypogaea)   
> Purging Cotton (Croton tiglium)   
> Sabadilla (Schoenocaulon officinale)   
> Southern Prickly Ash (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis)   
> Sugar Apple (Annona squamosa)   
> Sweetcane (Mundulea suberosa)   
> Sweetflag (Acorus calamus)   
> Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)   
> Tung Tree (Aleurites fordii)   
> Vogel Tephrosia (Tephrosia vogelii)   
> Wild Tobacco (Nicotiana rustica)
>
> Chili Peppers act effectively as a stomach poison, repellent,
> antifeedant and viroid against: Ants, Aphids, Caterpillars,
> Colorado Beetle, Cabbage Worm, Rice Weevil, Cucumber Mosaic
> Virus, Cucumber Ringspot Virus, Tobacco Etch, & Tobacco
> Mosaic Virus.
>
> Derris (D. elliptica) dust is effective against: Adzuki Bean
> Beetle, Army Worms, American Bollworm, Diamondback Moth, Fruit
> Flies, Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Melon Aphid,  Pyricularia
> oryzae (fungus).
>
> Garlic fights against: Aphids, Army Worms, Colorado Beetle,
> False Codling Moth, Kharpa Beetle, Mexican Bean Beetle,
> Inported Cabbage Worm, Wire worms.
>
> Mammey Apple (Mammea americana) powdered seeds vs: Aphids,
> Diamondback Moth, Cucumber Beetle, Imported Cabbage worm,
> Melon Worm, Mites, Rice Weevil.
>
> Neem (Azadirachta indica) has been found to be effective
> against about 100 pests including: American Bollworm, Aphids,
> Brown Rice Plant Hopper, Diamondback Moth, Cabbage Worm,
> Colorado Beetle, Cutworms, Desert Locust, Fall Arm Worm, Flea
> Beetle, Green Rice Leaf Hopper, Large Cabbage Worm, Leaf
> Miner, Mediteranean Fruitfly, Mexican Bean Beetle, Migratory
> Locust, Mites, Potato Jassid, Rice Stalk Borers, Spotted Stalk
> Borers, Variegated Grasshopper, White-Backed Rice Plant
> Hopper, White Fly.
>
> Chrysanthemum  (C. cinerariaefolium) contains pyrethrum,
> effective against: Aphids, Coffee Bugs, Colorado Beetle, Flea
> Beetles, Grasshoppers, Cabbage Worm, and many other beetles,
> caterpillars, beetles, locusts, mites, moths, thrips, etc.
>
> Quassia (Q. amara) is a contact- and stomach poison,
> insecticide, larvicide, and nematicide, and also acts
> systematically against: Aphids, Diamondback Moth,
> Caterpillars, Colorado Beetle, Leaf Miners, Melonworm, Mites,
> Black Carpet Beetle, and Silkworm. It is not effective
> against: Codling Moth, Mexican Bean Beetle, or Peach Aphid.
>
> ---
>
>   
> **Agricultural Research (February 2003)**
> **"Radio Frequency Puts the Heat on Plant Pests"**
>
> To prevent influx of pests that could create agricultural
> problems, produce-importing nations enforce strict rules
> --depending on the commodity and the infesting insect. The
> rules often require vulnerable produce to be treated in some
> way that ensures destruction of pests.
>
> For several decades, methyl bromide has been a mainstay
> treatment to kill a wide array of quarantined pests as well as
> those encountered in orchards, packinghouses, and food plants.
> But this potent chemical fumigant is being phased out because
> of evidence linking it to damage to Earth's ozone layer.
>
> Although the effectiveness of using radio waves to kill
> destructive insects in agricultural products has been known
> for 70 years, the technique has never been applied on a
> commercial scale. A recent cooperative effort by four ARS
> research laboratories and two universities aims to overcome
> the technical barriers for the use of radio wave heating to
> control pests on a commercial scale.
>
> Electromagnetic waves of radio frequency can make molecules
> vibrate and heat up -- like microwaves heat food. The trick is
> to kill pest insects without killing the taste or texture of
> the food they infest.
>
> Since 2000, a team led by Juming "Jimmy" Tang of Washington
> State University (WSU) in Pullman, involving four ARS
> laboratories and the University of California-Davis
> (UC-Davis), has been working on a 4-year study to see whether
> radio waves would be an economical, environmentally friendly
> alternative to methyl bromide and other chemicals to
> effectively rid fruits and nuts of live, quarantined insects.
>
> In Texas -- It's Chiefly Citrus ~
>
> In Weslaco, Texas, ARS entomologist Guy J. Hallman is
> checking out use of radio frequency treatment of citrus
> against the Mexican fruit fly. He's in the Crop Quality and
> Fruit Insect Research Unit at the Kika de la Garza Subtropical
> Agricultural Research Center. Hallman is developing a device
> to simulate what's needed to heat-treat citrus fruit with
> radio waves commercially.
>
> "We're trying to bridge the gap between the laboratory and
> real world," says Hallman. "Once we know how to treat fruit in
> a commercial situation and how much it will cost, any
> producer, shipper, or packinghouse operator can use the
> information to decide whether radio wave pest control is a
> viable option."
>
> In Hallman's system, citrus fruit would pass through a
> conveyor between a series of radio frequency heaters. To
> simulate a commercial system in the laboratory, the fruit are
> conveyed in a circulating water bath to keep them moving
> during heating. This would prevent the fruit's overheating
> from extended contact with any one area of the bath. And to
> ensure continuous heating from the peel in to the fruit's
> center --essential to killing all fruit flies that might be
> present-- a bumper would dunk any fruit that bobbed above the
> water surface. This prevents dark-black rings from forming
> around the fruit at the water's surface because of an energy
> concentration where the water meets the air.
>
> A method using just hot air to treat fruit in boxes or bins
> has been tried commercially in Mexico with mixed results. It
> takes hours to complete and puts a strain on the fruit's skin,
> sometimes causing heat damage. Radio frequency heating can be
> done in less than half an hour and is less damaging, since the
> fruit is heated uniformly throughout.
>
> Hallman has focused on grapefruits but is also working with
> other citrus, including oranges and tangerines. The larger the
> fruit, he notes, the harder it is to heat uniformly and the
> more likely to form hot and cold spots.
>
> "This multi-lab project is making a serious effort to take a
> look at things that haven't been looked at with radio
> frequency heating," says Hallman. "I think we stand a good
> chance of finding out how radio frequency disinfestation can
> be done to a large volume of fruits or nuts -- and if it can
> be done on a commercial scale." He predicts that by this
> summer he'll have a good idea of what the treatment will cost.
>
> In Washington -- Apples and Cherries ~
>
> If you're in Wapato, Washington, don't be enticed by the
> apples floating in the tub in James Hansen's laboratory. You
> don't want to go bobbing for them.
>
> There are several reasons, says Hansen, an entomologist with
> ARS' Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory. The first is
> that this particular tub is filled with salt water. Second, if
> you were to latch onto one of the apples with your teeth, you
> might bite the proverbial worm-- a larva hatched from a
> codling moth egg.
>
> And Hansen wants these apples intact -- no tooth marks,
> please. Such a mark might skew the results of tests he is
> conducting on use of radio waves to rid the fruit of live,
> pesky insects like the codling moth before market -- or
> shipment to trading partners like South Korea and Japan, where
> such pests might not already occur. Japan is particularly
> stringent about what phytosanitary methods it will accept for
> disinfesting fresh produce.
>
> This rule also applies to sweet cherries, a tree fruit
> commodity that generates over $145 million in yearly national
> export sales, notes Hansen. In cooperation with the team led
> by Tang, a professor in biological systems engineering at WSU,
> Hansen plans to "bathe" tubs full of apples and cherries with
> radio waves to determine exposure times that will kill codling
> moth larvae without affecting fruit quality.
>
> From two lines of research, one focusing on the insects, the
> other on fruit quality, and three major disciplines --
> engineering, entomology, and plant physiology -- the
> collaborators hope to position radio wave treatment as a
> technology that can be readily adopted by commercial
> packinghouses or quarantine operations in lieu of methyl
> bromide.
>
> "Without suitable alternatives to methyl bromide, we're going
> to be up a creek," ARS horticulturist Stephen R. Drake says of
> the U.S. fruit industry's fight against quarantined pests. He
> is with ARS' Tree Fruit Research Laboratory in Wenatchee,
> Washington.
>
> "Ideally, you want to treat the fruit with radio frequency
> while it's being packed and designated for a particular
> market," Hansen explains. "Commercial packers can't afford to
> have produce sitting there, so we want this treatment to kill
> the insects as soon as it can."
>
> Tang, Hansen, Drake, and Lisa Nevens, an ARS entomologist at
> Yakima, first began working on the radio frequency project in
> 1996.
>
> In California -- Tree Nuts and Dried Fruits ~
>
> Meanwhile, in California, entomologist Judy A. Johnson is
> also keenly attuned to the potential of radio frequency energy
> to zap destructive insects. Her primary targets? The wiggly
> larvae of the navel orangeworm, Indianmeal moth, and codling
> moth. These insects are among the worst enemies of walnuts,
> almonds, and pistachios and of dried fruits such as figs and
> raisins. Johnson has newly added red flour beetle to her list
> of culprits -- a lesser pest of the nut and fruit crops but a
> major problem in flour mills and food-processing plants.
>
> Johnson is doing the radio frequency work at the ARS San
> Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center at Parlier, near
> Fresno, in close association with cooperators at WSU and
> UC-Davis. They have already developed a preliminary picture of
> the target insects' ability to endure heat -- their "thermal
> tolerance."
>
> The laboratory experiments that Johnson and her ARS and
> university colleagues conducted are the first to extensively
> detail the thermal tolerance of the navel orangeworm,
> Indianmeal moth, and codling moth.
>
> For one test, Johnson and co-investigators drilled tiny holes
> in over 500 in-the-shell walnuts; enticed the slender, whitish
> navel orangeworms to enter the shells; then plugged the holes
> to block the insects' escape. The scientists then tried some
> novel combinations of radio waves and hot forced air, that is,
> air that's heated and blown into the test chamber holding the
> nuts. Radio waves, alone or combined with hot forced air, were
> used to heat the nuts to 55 deg C (131 deg F) in about 5 minutes.
> Hot forced air was then used to keep the nuts at 55 deg C for 5
> or 10 minutes.
>
> "All the treatments killed 100 percent of the navel
> orangeworms," reports Johnson. What's more, tests led by
> co-researchers Tang at Pullman and Elizabeth J. Mitcham at
> UC-Davis, showed that the treatments didn't harm the quality
> of the nuts -- even in long-term storage.
>
> "That's critical," Johnson points out, "because walnuts are
> often stored for a year or more before they show up at your
> supermarket."
>
> In addition, walnuts are rich in oil, so they're more
> vulnerable to heat damage than some other kinds of nuts, such
> as almonds. "That's why we think that if a treatment is okay
> for walnuts," Johnson continues, "it will likely be okay for
> almonds."
>
> Indianmeal moths proved to be more susceptible to heat than
> navel orangeworms are. "Indian meal moths are silvery, and
> wedge-shaped. If you open a kitchen cupboard where you keep
> raisins or breakfast cereals and a little moth flies out at
> you," Johnson explains, "chances are it's an Indianmeal moth."
>
> For this experiment, Johnson and her colleagues used metal
> heating blocks, or plates, specially designed by Tang for the
> radio frequency research. They placed target insects in the
> small gap between the plates, which were then heated to
> specific temperatures and held at those temperatures for
> precise periods.
>
> She and her associates assembled some 15,000 Indianmeal moth
> larvae for the study, exposing them to temperatures ranging
> from 44 deg C to 52 deg C (about 111 deg F to 126 deg F) for 2 to 100
> minutes. "In general," Johnson comments, "the lower the
> temperature, the longer it took to kill the larvae. These
> readings are the basis for a new, math-based model for
> projecting the rate of kill at other time-and-temperature
> regimens. Because of the large number of larvae tested and the
> range of temperatures that we investigated, we're very
> confident of the accuracy of the model's projections."
>
> Johnson and her cooperators also used the special heat plates
> to discover more about the amount of time and heat that it
> takes to kill navel orangeworms. They exposed 15,000 navel
> orangeworms to temperatures ranging from 46 deg C to 54 deg C (about
> 115 deg F to 129 deg F) for 1 to 120 minutes. Using the new data,
> they created a mathematical model of the navel orangeworm's
> thermal tolerances.
>
> The findings from the Texas, Washington, and California
> experiments are an essential starting point for making the
> radio frequency energy approach a success, Johnson says. The
> scientists have published their findings in the Journal of
> Economic Entomology, Journal of Stored Products Research, and
> Postharvest Biology and Technology.-- By Alfredo Flores, Jan
> Suszkiw, and Marcia Wood, Agricultural Research Service
> Information Staff.
>
> This research is part of Methyl Bromide Alternatives, an ARS
> National Program (#308) described on the World Wide Web at
> http://www.nps.ars.usda.gov/.
>
> Guy J. Hallman is in the USDA-ARS Crop Quality and Fruit
> Insect Research Unit, Kika de la Garza Subtropical
> Agricultural Research Center, 2413 E. Hwy. 83, Bldg. 200,
> Weslaco, TX 78596; phone (956) 447-6313, fax (956) 447-6345.
>
> Stephen R. Drake is with the USDA-ARS Tree Fruit Research
> Laboratory, 1104 N. Western Ave., Wenatchee, WA 98801; phone
> (509) 664-2280, fax (509) 664-2287.
>
> James D. Hansen is in the USDA-ARS Fruit and Vegetable Insect
> Research Unit, 5230 Konnowac Pass Rd., Wapato, WA 98951; phone
> (509) 454-6573, fax (509) 454-5646.
>
> Judy A. Johnson is with the USDA-ARS Commodity Protection and
> Quarantine Insect Research Laboratory, San Joaquin Valley
> Agricultural Sciences Center, 9611 S. Riverbend Ave., Parlier,
> CA 93468; phone (559) 596-2768, fax (559) 596-2721.
>
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>
>   
>
> > <http://www.earthpulse.com/science/songs.html>
>
> # "French Physicist Creates New Melodies - Plant Songs"
>
> > Remember those song birds we used to hear in the fields? The
> > sounds of animals in nature singing a symphony of soft and
> > subtle sounds as all things flow together to create a living
> > and vibrant concerto? Science is now showing that these sounds
> > actually do influence the growth of plants. Researchers have
> > demonstrated that plants respond to sounds in pro-found ways
> > which not only influence their overall health but also
> > increase the speed of growth and the size of the plant.
> >
> > Many people remember hearing in the late 1960's and 1970's
> > about the idea that plants respond to music. There were lots
> > of projects in high schools and colleges which successfully
> > tested the effects of sound on plant growth. It was
> > determined through repetitive testing that plants did
> > respond to music and sound. The first book which brought
> > this idea to most of us was: The Secret Life of Plants, by
> > Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird (Harper & Row 1973).
> > In this best selling book a number of astounding revelations
> > about plant growth were revealed. The idea that plants were
> > influenced by sound in both positive and negative ways was
> > demonstrated by several world class scientists at that time.
> >
> > When we think of plants being affected by sunlight we are
> > really looking at the effect of a portion of the
> > electromagnetic spectrum on plants - that portion which
> > includes visible light. It should not surprise us that sound
> > also impacts plant growth because it is, in essence, an
> > extension to other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
> >
> > The science was first disclosed in an article by Andy
> > Coghlan which appeared in New Scientist (May 28, 1994, p.10).
> > The article confirmed old ideas by placing them in a
> > scientific context. It tells an excellent story about the
> > impact of sound on plant growth, bringing to light what was
> > before considered esoteric or mysterious science. After
> > reading this short article and those which follow in this
> > issue of the Flashpoints a good deal more will be thought of
> > "singing gardeners" and "plant communicators."
> >
> > Many people remember reading accounts of plant growth being
> > stimulated by sound waves. At that time, "talking" to plants
> > and playing plants different types of music was used to
> > influence growth. A number of people were using these
> > techniques without being able to completely explain the
> > phenomena. This article is part of that story - a story
> > which could have a profound impact on the way we grow and
> > produce our food.
> >
> > Eccentrics who sing to their plants? People playing
> > melodies to organic matter with the expectation that it will
> > help stimulate growth? These ideas were the thoughts of some
> > "non-scientists" until French physicist and musician, Joel
> > Sternheimer, discovered the mechanism for how plants respond
> > to the stimulation of sound waves. Sternheimer composes
> > musical note sequences which help plants grow and has
> > applied for an international patent1 covering the concept.
> >
> > The sound sequences are not random but are carefully
> > constructed melodies. Each note is chosen to correspond to
> > an amino acid in a protein with the full tune corresponding
> > to the entire protein. What this means is that the sounds
> > sequenced in just the right order results in a tune which is
> > unique and harmonizes with the internal structure of a
> > specific plant type. Each plant type has a different
> > sequence of notes to stimulate its growth. According to New
> > Scientist, "Sternheimer claims that when plants "hear" the
> > appropriate tune, they produce more of that protein. He also
> > writes tunes that inhibit the synthesis of proteins." In
> > other words, desirable plants could be stimulated to grow
> > while undesirable plants (weeds for instance) could be
> > inhibited. This is done with electromagnetic energy, in this
> > case sound waves, pulsed to the right set of frequencies
> > thus effecting the plant at an energetic and submolecular
> > level.
> >
> > Sternheimer translates into audible vibrations of music the
> > quantum vibrations that occur at the molecular level as a
> > protein is being assembled from its constituent amino acids.
> > By using simple physics he is able to compose music which
> > achieves this correlation. Sternheimer indicated to New
> > Scientist that each musical note which he composes for the
> > plant is a multiple of original frequencies that occur when
> > amino acids join the protein chain. He says that playing the
> > right notes stimulates the plant and increases growth. This
> > idea is particularly interesting because it may lead to the
> > eventual obsolescence of fertilizers used to stimulate plant
> > growth. This new method would be cheap and relatively easily
> > provided throughout the world, thereby avoiding many of the
> > problems associated with the extraction, shipping,
> > environmental and economic costs of chemical fertilizers.
> >
> > Playing the right tune stimulates the formation of a
> > plant's protein. "The length of a note corresponds to the
> > real time it takes for each amino acid to come after the
> > next," according to Sternheimer, who studied quantum physics
> > and mathematics at Princeton University in New Jersey.
> >
> > In experiments by Sternheimer, he claims that tomatoes
> > exposed to his melodies grew two-and-a-half times as large
> > as those which were untreated. Some of the treated plants
> > were sweeter in addition to being significantly larger. The
> > musical sequences stimulated three tomato growth promoters,
> > cytochrome C, and thaumatin (a flavoring compound).
> > According to Sternheimer in the New Scientist, "Six
> > molecules were being played to the tomatoes for a total of
> > three minutes a day."
> >
> > Sternheimer also claims to have stopped the mosaic virus by
> > playing note sequences that inhibited enzymes required by
> > the virus. This virus would have harmed the tomato plants.
> >
> > The note sequences used by the inventor are very short and
> > need only be played one time. For example, the sequence for
> > for cytochrome C lasts just 29 seconds. According to
> > Sternheimer, "on average, you get four amino acids played
> > per second" in this series.
> >
> > The inventor also issued a warning for those repeating his
> > experiments. He warns to be careful with the sound sequences
> > because they can affect people. "Don't ask a musician to
> > play them," he says. Sternheimer indicated that one of his
> > musicians had difficulty breathing after playing the tune
> > for cytochrome C.
> >
> > Plant stimulation by sound may have profound implications.
> > The idea that a cheap source of "electromagnetic fertilizer"
> > has been developed should be exciting for many third world
> > countries. At a time when human progress can be made through
> > simple solutions in agriculture, resources are being wasted
> > in the extraction of mineral and oil compounds for
> > fertilizers. If this method of fertilization were followed
> > the human intellect would prove superior to physical capital
> > in terms of distribution and production of this new
> > technology.
> >
> > The idea that sound can have a healing effect on humans is
> > being explored by a number of independent scientists around
> > the world. The know-ledge of the "sound effect on proteins"
> > offers insights to health practitioners of the benefits to
> > humans. In addition to the favorable economic factors, the
> > increased vitality of the plant substances can positively
> > impact the health of all humans that consume them.
> >
> > The patent includes melodies for cytochrome oxidase and
> > cytochrome C which are two proteins involved in respiration.
> > It also includes sound sequences for troponin C which
> > regulates calcium uptake in muscles. Further, a tune was
> > developed for inhibiting chalcone synthase which is an
> > enzyme involved in making plant pigments.
> >
> > ---
> >
> >   
> >   
> > <http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/%7Edr.fuk/IndexE.html>
> >
> >
> > **Joel Sternheimer Patents**
> >
> > ![](0pat1.gif)  
> > ![](0chalcon.gif)
> >
> > ![](0heatsh.gif)
> >
> > ![](0sunflwr.gif)  
> > ![](0yeast.gif)
> >
> > ![](0stern1.gif)
>
> ---
>
>   
>
> U**S Patent # 4,756,755** **Rodent Repellent Liquids**
>
> July 12, 1988
>
> Norman T. Harding, Jr
>
> Abstract ~
>
> Rodent repellent liquids are disclosed which are comprised of
> thujone oil in pure form or in the form of cedar leaf oil in a
> suitable low odor liquid carrier such as mineral oil.
>
> FIELD OF INVENTION
>
> The present invention relates to a liquid having rodent
> repellent characteristics.
>
> DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
>
> For many years numerous attempts have been made to keep rats
> and mice away from homes, storage bins and other areas. Most
> commonly, traps or poisons are used to kill the vermin. In
> addition to creating dead animal disposal problems, traps and
> poisons also pose dangers to children, pets and animals.
> Furthermore, traps and poisons must be monitored. Sprung traps
> must be reset and consumed poison must be replaced. Also, many
> people have found that for each rat they kill with traps or
> poison there are others in the area who survive.
>
> Rather than try to kill the rodents which are present, a
> better approach is to deter them from entering the area.
> Certain plant extracts have been found to have repellent
> properties Bottrell in U.S. Pat. No. 1,871,949 uses oil of
> peppermint to repell rodents. Cross in U.S. Pat. No. 2,159,550
> teaches that extracts from the wood and fruit of the Areca
> catechu plant have repellent properties. Yet, neither of these
> materials have had any commercial success.
>
> The art has also recognized that certain plants repel
> rodents. For example, pieces of the wormwood plant (Artemsia
> Absinthium) have been used as moth and rodent repellents. But,
> these pieces are only effective for a relatively short period
> of time, typically a few days.
>
> The art has generally attributed the repellent
> characteristics of the wormwood and other plants to the
> presence of alkyloids in the plant. Apparently, these
> alkyloids are poisonous. However, I have discovered that
> thujone oil, a natural oil of the wormwood plant and a
> component of cedar leaf oil from the cedar tree, not
> alkyloids, will repel rodents when used in the manner here
> described.
>
> In my U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,668,294 and 4,654,080 I disclose
> liquid rodent repellents in which thujone oil is combined with
> sodium silicate, lacquer or kerosene. Although these products
> work well they are not suitable for warm environments. The
> flash points of lacquer and kerosene are so low that there is
> a risk of ignition. Thus, there is a need for a liquid rodent
> repellent which is non-flammable.
>
> SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
>
> I provide a rodent repellent in liquid form by combining pure
> thujone oil or cedar leaf oil which contains thujone oil with
> a low odor liquid carrier. Several liquids such as mineral
> oil, alcohol, kerosene or lacquer are suitable.
>
> I prefer to use a liquid comprised of thujone oil in the form
> of cedar leaf oil and a low odor liquid carrier, such as
> mineral oil, in a mixture having from 0.5 to 10 ounces carrier
> per 1 ounce cedar leaf oil. If pure thujone oil is used the
> mixture should contain a higher percentage of carrier.
>
> DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
>
> I have found that certain compositions of thujone oil or
> cedar leaf oil and a low odor liquid carrier will repel
> rodents for a significant period of time. A combination of
> thujone oil or cedar leaf oil and liquid when used like a
> paint will keep rodents away from the painted area for between
> three and five years.
>
> To make these products, I first extract the oil from the
> plant source. Thujone oil is extracted from the wormwood plant
> and cedar leaf oil is obtained from the cedar tree. Thujone
> oil is also commercially available as it is used in perfume.
> Both oils have a similar aroma and can be used
> interchangeably. Then the oil is combined with a suitable, low
> odor carrier such as mineral oil, alcohol, white kerosene or
> any of the low odor solvents sold by Exxon under the trade
> name ISOPAR.
>
> I have found that mineral oil is a suitable carrier for
> thujone oil and cedar leaf oil. Cedar leaf oil and mineral oil
> are combined to provide from 0.5 to 10 ounces mineral oil per
> ounce of cedar leaf oil. Then, the combination is applied to a
> surface like any standard paint.
>
> Other low odor carriers in addition to mineral oil could also
> be used as a carrier. These solvents must be non-reactive with
> thujone oil and evaporate at room temperature or lower. They
> also must not leave an odorous residue which would overpower
> the odor of thujone oil.
>
> I have conducted several experiments to show the
> effectiveness of my rat and mice repellents. The first
> experiment consisted of three boxes with the entrances to each
> blocked with sheets of screen. The rats were placed in the
> middle box. The box on the left contained food and the walls
> of the box were stained with the rat and mice repellent. This
> repellent was a mixture of 12% thujone oil and 88% lacquer.
> The box on the right contained only food and the walls were
> not stained. At the end of five days, the metal screens were
> lifted. The rats would not enter the box with the rat and mice
> repellent, but ate from the box that contained no repellent.
>
> I have also applied my liquid repellent to underfloor areas
> of homes that I identified as rodent nests or pathways. A few
> days later I returned and saw no signs of rats or mice. The
> owners of the homes I treated also reported no signs of
> rodents after treatment.
>
> In a second experiment, I used two boxes separated by a metal
> screen. A neutral box without repellent on the walls housed
> the rats. The remaining box contained the rat and mice
> repellent and contained the food. After five days the metal
> screen which separated the boxes was lifted. The rats would
> not enter the box stained with the rat and mice repellent to
> get the food. The repellent used in this experiment was a
> mixture of 12% thujone oil and 88% lacquer.
>
> While I have described certain present preferred embodiments
> of my invention, it should be distinctly understood that the
> invention is not limited thereto but may be variously embodied
> within the scope of the following claims.
>
> ---
>
>
>
> A**stroMeteorology & Agriculture****By Robert Nelson**
>
> "All things have their season, and a time to every purpose
> under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to
> plant, and a time to reap". (Ecclesiastes 3:1-2)
>
> Many biodynamic cultivators plant and harvest with respect to
> lunar phases and planetary aspects, and they swear by the
> results. Almanacs and calendars offer traditional lore for the
> consideration of farmers. Some of these practices are ancient
> and universal, occurring with variations in many cultures
> around the world.
>
> Many of these beliefs are grounded in fact. The sun, moon,
> and planets are surrounded by magnetospheres which trail
> behind them for millions of miles like wakes behind ships.
> These fields affect life on earth by modifying atmospheric
> electrical field conditions and the geomagnetic field.
>
> In 1938, Dr Harry Marvis announced the discovery that stars
> exercise a daily influence on terrestrial weather. Sidereal
> air pressure, or barometric variations in relation to the
> positions of stars, is sometimes as high as 3% of that
> occurring in common storms.
>
> The zodiacal signs exert a fruitful or barren influence upon
> Earth through the channel of Luna, according to the nature of
> the sign through which the moon is passing. The time to plant
> is when the Sun and Earths horizon (the Ascendant or Rising
> Sign) are in favorable signs (Figure 1). The optimal day for
> planting is when the Moon also enters that sign.
>
> Leafy vegetable crops that grow above ground should be
> planted during a new or waxing moon in Pisces, Taurus, Cancer
> or Scorpio. Trees and crops requiring longer than one year to
> produce should be planted during a full or waning moon in
> Taurus. Subsoil crops (potatoes, peanuts, carrots, etc.)
> should be planted under a waning moon.
>
> Figure 1: Astrological Ascendant Calculator ~
>
> ![](risign.gif)
>
> Figure 2: Lunar Phases & Plant Growth ~
>
> ![](lunphas.gif)
>
> As indicated in Figure 2, seeds that have a short (up to 7
> days) or extra-long (one month) germination period should be
> sown two days before the new moon, up to 7 days later.
>
> During the first week of its cycle, the moons light
> increases, and its gravitational pull decreases. The relative
> influence of terrestrial gravity increases at that time,
> stimulating balanced growth of leaves and roots. In the second
> week, lunar gravity increases, and its light increases to a
> maximum. Leaf growth increases during that period. During the
> third week, both moonlight and lunar gravity decrease, and
> root growth is enhanced accordingly. Transplant at that time.
> In the fourth week, lunar gravity increases, and moonlight
> decreases. Both leaf and root growth decrease during this rest
> phase.
>
> Traditional sources suggest that flower seeds should be
> plants during the crescent moon unless seeds are desired; in
> that case, sow just before the Full Moon. Seeds planted when
> Luna is in Capricorn produce rapid growth, but poor yields.
> Seeds planted under an Aquarian moon will rot or produce
> watery fruit.
>
> Cancer and Scorpio are fruitful signs which prompt
> germination and assure abundant yields. Leaf growth is greater
> when water signs are effective. Root growth is best in Earth
> signs. The Fire signs stimulate the rapid growth of seeds and
> fruit. Air signs promote the growth of lowers.
>
> Prepare the soil, pull weeds, and fight pests during the new
> moon phase in a barren sign (Aries, Gemini, Virgo,
> Sagittarius, or Aquarius). Lay mulch under the Full Moon, and
> turn manure and compost piles during the waning moon. Apply it
> at the new or half moon. Irrigate and feed plants when the
> moon is in a Water sign.
>
> Harvest under a full or waning moon in a barren sign. If
> timber is cut under the full moon in Leo, it will last longer
> than wood cut at any other time, and it will not become
> worm-eaten. Trees planted under a waxing moon will produce
> more fruit, while trees planted during the dark phase of the
> moon will produce better quality fruit.
>
> Astro-Meteorology ~
>
> Weather prediction by astro-meteorology is a highly refined
> area of sidereal science which has claimed an amazing 90%-plus
> record of accuracy for both short- and long-term forecasts of
> weather patterns. This system is an accumulation of
> tried-and-true observational data going back several
> millennia.
>
> The subject was widely popularized by Joseph Goodavage in his
> book, Our Threatened Planet (1978, Simon & Schuster), in
> which he represented the work of pioneers such as Dr Irving
> Krick, Dr Andrew Douglass, George McCormack and others.
> According to Goodavage, the sun has entered a period of
> prolonged and violent instability with which we must cope.
> Modern astronomy has confirmed Goodavages prediction.
>
> Classical horoscopic weather prediction is based on forecasts
> of the influences of the planets in solstice or equinox
> horoscopes. Each zodiacal sign colors the characteristics of
> the planets occupying that region. For instance, a "wet"
> planet such as Luna indicates extra-wet weather when it is
> located in a water sign; much drier conditions are indicated
> when Luna is in a fire sign.
>
> Half of the total influence of a weather horoscope should be
> judged from the 4th house cusp and planets therein, and their
> aspects. The 4th house governs the locale.
>
> One quarter of the total influence of ingress weather charts
> should be judged from the first house, from its occupying
> planets and their aspects, from the sign on its cusp, and from
> the planet ruling the cusp sign, the sign it is in, and its
> aspects.
>
> One-eighth of the influence of a weather chart is judged from
> the planet for which the chart is erected. Sol = temperature,
> Luna = moisture, Mercury = air. For example, if Sol is in
> Aries, then Mars, the ruling planet of Aries, and its aspects
> also must be considered.
>
> One-eighth of the influence on weather is to be judged by the
> planets in angular houses, their aspects, and the signs they
> occupy.
>
> The temperature chart gives an average indication of the
> weather, but indications of storms should be compared with
> both air and moisture charts for that time.
>
> The primary mutual aspects are the conjunction, opposition,
> square and trine, but even the minor aspects are effective.
> Trines and sextiles are not necessarily beneficial, but they
> tend to exert a more gentle influence than the inharmonious
> aspects (square and opposition). Interpretation depends on the
> planetary positions in the signs and houses, and the aspects
> and parallels of declination to other planets, and the
> ascendant of the chart and the aspects to it by transiting
> planets. Table 1 lists indicators of weather attributes of the
> planets and signs.
>
> Table 2 is Dr Adam Clarks system for predicting the weather
> throughout the lunations forever. It foretells the weather
> that is most likely to occur during each phase of the moon.
>
> The nearer to midnight that the moon changes its phase in the
> full and last quarter, the better the weather will be for the
> seven days following. The time span for this calculation of
> from 10 pm to 2 am.
>
> The nearer to noon (from 10 am to 2 pm) that the moon changes
> phase, the more wet weather may be expected for the next week.
> These observations are for the summer season, though they also
> are adaptable to spring and fall observations. Changing phases
> of the moon occurring from 4 pm to 10 pm may be followed by
> fair weather, depending on the wind, as indicated in Table 2.
>
> Table 1 ~ Astro-Meteorology
>
> Planet ~ Temperature ~ Wind ~ Moisture
>
> Sun ~ warm ~ still ~ dry   
> Moon ~ cool ~ breeze ~ wettest   
> Mercury ~ cold ~ windy ~ dry   
> Venus ~ pleasant ~ light ~ rain   
> Mars ~ hot/cold ~ still/storm ~ wet/drought   
> Jupiter ~ warm ~ calm, light ~ dry   
> Saturn ~ cold ~ still/storm ~ wet/drought   
> Uranus ~ cold snaps ~ gusty ~ dry, lightning   
> Neptune ~ cool ~ still/storm ~ mist, fog   
> Pluto ~ cool ~ windy, extremes ~ moist, sleet
>
> Sign ~ Temperature ~ Wind ~ Moisture
>
> Aries ~ hot ~ windy ~ dry (1st or 4th moon: violent)   
> Taurus ~ moderate ~ calm ~ wet   
> Gemini ~ cold ~ fickle windy ~ dry   
> Cancer ~ cold ~ calm, zephyr ~ steady rain   
> Leo ~ hot ~ still ~ dry   
> Virgo ~ cold ~ cutting wind ~ dry   
> Libra ~ cool, windy ~ dry   
> Scorpio ~ cold/hot ~ violent ~ drier/wetter   
> Sagittarius ~ warm ~ moderate ~ dry   
> Capricorn ~ extremes ~ increasing wind ~ wet   
> Aquarius ~ cold ~ moderate ~ dry, lightning   
> Pisces ~ cool ~ calm ~ rain
>
> Table 2 ~ Dr Adam Clarks System of Astro-Meteorology
>
> Time of Change   
> Between ~ In Summer ~ In Winter
>
> 12 midnight-2 am ~ fair ~ frost unless wind S or W   
> 2-4 am ~ cold, showers ~ cold, storm   
> 4-6 am ~ rain ~ rain   
> 6-8 am ~ wind, rain ~ stormy   
> 8-10 am ~ change by 6 pm ~ cold if wind W, snow if E   
> 10-12 noon ~ showers ~ cold wind   
> Noon-2 pm ~ rain ~ rain, snow   
> 2-4 pm ~ changing ~ fair   
> 4-6 pm ~ fair ~ fair   
> 6-8 pm ~ fair if wind SW ~ frosty if wind N or NE   
> 8-10 pm ~ rain if wind SW ~ rain, snow if wind S or SW   
> 10-12 midnight ~ rain if wind SW ~ fair, frosty
>
> References ~
>
> Marvis, Dr H. B.: Journal American (NY), 1 Oct. 1938   
> Goss, M.: J. Geophysical Reviews, March 1953.   
> Jevons, W. S.: Nature, 14 Nov 1878.   
> Hove, Jim Ten: Astrological J. 15 (3): 17-23   
> Luby, W. A.: Popular Astronomy, Dec. 1940.   
> Nelson, John H.: Cosmic Patterns: Their Influence on Man and
> His Communications; 1974, American Federation of Astrologers.
>   
> Nelson, J. H.: RCA Review, April 1951.   
> Nelson, J. H.: J. Geocosmic Research, Summer 1974.   
> Abbot, C. G.: Scientific Monthly, April 1946.   
> Clough, H. W.: Monthly Weather Review, April 1946.   
> Gillette, H. P.: Water & Sewage Works, June 1946.   
> Gree, Joseph: Astrological Almanac; Pyramid Communications, NY
>
> ---
>
>   
> **Biochemical Stimulation of Plant Growth**
>
> **by Robert Nelson**
>
> Besides the [Biodynamic Formulas](../../biodynam.htm),
> there exist several other methods of stimulating seed
> germination and plant growth with non-toxic substances.
> Several other methods are in general use by farmers:
>
> (1) Nutrient Presoaking ~ Presoak seeds in a solution of
> nutrients that will add to the vigor of the seeds. Pure water
> tends to dissolve out substances contained in the seeds
> shells that are needed for the germination and growth. One
> easy method of stimulating the germination of seeds is to soak
> them in an aqueous extract of the full-grown plant from the
> preceding crop. Low-voltage direct electrical current can
> facilitate the electrophoresis of nutrients into the seeds, as
> described in the review of [ElectroCulture](../../articles/elcultur.htm).
>
> (2) Acid Scarification ~ This technique is recommended for
> thick-shell seeds. Place dry seeds in a glass container and
> cover them with concentrated sulfuric acid (sp. gr 1.84) for 5
> minutes. Pour off the acid and wash the seeds very thoroughly
> with fresh water to remove any residual acid. Never add water
> to the acid; it will spatter violently. Always add acid to the
> water. The seeds should be planted immediately while wet.
>
> (3) Moist-Chilling ~ Also known as Vermiculization or
> Stratification, this technique of preconditioning seeds
> accelerates the after-ripening of seeds by exposing them to
> low temperature (0-10 degrees), moisture, and air for a period
> of time. Moist chilling is most effective when applied after
> hot water presoaking. Seeds are mixed with two volumes of sand
> and are kept in plastic bags in a refrigerator or outdoors. At
> the end of the after-ripening period some of the seeds may
> begin to germinate while in storage. The seeds can be
> separated from their medium by shaking the mixture on a
> screen. The seeds should be planted immediately before they
> dry out.
>
> (4) Thiourea ~ Aqueous solutions (0.5-3%) stimulate
> germination, but inhibit later growth. Therefore seeds should
> be soaked no longer than 12 hours, and must be thoroughly
> rinsed with fresh water.
>
> (5) Potassium Nitrate ~ Seeds will germinate faster when
> placed in sand moistened with 0.2% aqueous potassium nitrate.
> Rewater with pure water rather than additional nitrate
> solution.
>
> (6) Hydrogen Peroxide ~ 30% hydrogen peroxide also is
> effective as a stimulant of germination. Very dilute hydrogen
> peroxide also accelerates later growth if used only
> occasionally.
>
> (7) Gibberillin ~ When seeds absorb water, the hormone
> gibberillin appears in the embryo and is translocated to the
> aleurone layer, where it activates the metabolism to initiate
> sprouting. Gibberillin causes the rapid growth of beans and
> bamboo, which contain large amounts of the hormone.
>
> Gibberillin is not, however, appropriate for application to
> all plants. In most cases, gibberillin increases the thickness
> and internodal length of the stalk. Sometimes the terminal
> nodes are weak branching is suppressed, and the roots develop
> poorly. The number of flowers increase, and they are larger.
> Germination and flowering are stimulated, but leaf growth and
> chlorophyll production are reduced proportionately.
>
> Gibberillin is extracted from cucumber seeds, fresh cantelope
> seeds, dried corn kernels, and from pencil rod, lupine, and
> pinto beans. Soak 200 gr of powdered seeds for one week in 110
> ml of a mixture of acetone (10 parts), isopropyl alcohol (5
> parts) ethanol (2 parts) and water (5 parts). Filter the mush
> and rinse it with 20 ml acetone and 20 ml isopropyl alcohol.
> Combine the rinse and mother liquor, evaporate the solvent,
> and dissolve the residual gum in alkaline water for
> experimental use.
>
> (8) Auxin ~ Auxin is the general name of a group of plant
> hormones that includes indole-acetic-, -propionic-, and
> -butyric-acids. Auxins are active in many platn functions,
> such as stem growth, root development, and flowering.
>
> The sexual expression of plants is strongly influenced by the
> amount of auxin present during the flowering phase. Other
> factors being equal, females develop with higher levels of
> auxin.
>
> Combine auxin (1:5000 water) with vitamin B-1 (1 ppm) to
> increase the effect of both nutrients, which are available in
> commercial preparations.
>
> (9) Triacontanol ~ This fatty acid is found in many plants.
> It increases growth rates and yields up to 25%, and increases
> the protein content, even in darkness, when most plants are
> dormant. It seems to enhance the growth of plants without
> increasing their consumption of nitrogen.
>
> Triacontanol is non-toxic, and incredibly potent. The applied
> dosage is one part in 10 million of water, applied as a foliar
> spray. The simplest way to use triacontanol is to plow under a
> crop of alfalfa, which contains relatively large amounts of
> the substance. Other common sources include cotton, apples,
> and sunflower seeds (which contain up to 8% in the fatty acid
> fraction).
>
> Triacontanol is extracted from dried plants by chloroform,
> which is then filtered and evaporated. Extract the residue
> with acetone, filter and evaporate the acetone, and extract
> the residue with petroleum ether to yield crude triacontanol.
> It can be purified by reverse chromatography.
>
> Other stimulants of plant growth include: ascorbic acid
> (vitamin C); use one to five parts in 10,000 of water. Dilute
> camphor also stimulates plant growth.
>
> ---
>
>
>
> **Biodynamic Activated Ferments**  **by Robert Nelson**
>
> Biodynamic cultivators stimulate plant growth and enlive
> compost and manure heaps with "activated ferments" of select
> plants: Oak bark, Dandelion, Yarrow, Stinging Nettle, and
> Valerian.
>
> The preparation of these activated ferments may seem bizarre,
> yet they are very potent and virtually magical in effect when
> concocted correctly and applied in homeopathic dilution as
> described elsewhere in this article.
>
> Activated Oak Bark ~
>
> Obtain the skull of any domestic animal. The skull must be
> new and undamaged. Remove the brain through the occipital
> foramen of the cranium with a small stick, then immediately
> fill the skull with pulverized oak bark. Close the opening
> with a piece of bone, and bury the skull in a wet place during
> winter. The skull can be buried in a leaky barrel filled with
> compost. The activated oak bark will be ready by spring. It is
> to be diluted by homeopathic potentization and applied as a
> spray to the soil, copost pile or manure heap. The activated
> oak bark influences the calcium process in plants.
>
> Activated Dandelion ~
>
> Dandelion ferment affects the relationships of silicic acid
> and potassium in the plant organism. Collect young dandelion
> flowers, dry them, and fill the mesentery of an ox with them.
> Keep this in a cool, dry place covered with peat moss until
> October, then bury it in the soil during winter. By Easter it
> will be ready for use in the compost heap. The dandelion
> ferment is applied at a rate of one or two grams in 10-20- ml
> water per 2 cubic meters of compost.
>
> Chamomile Preparation ~
>
> Collect the flowers in May or June, dry them carefully, and
> store them in glass jars until autumn. Then obtain a large,
> fresh piece of cow intestine, cut it into 12-inch sections,
> and stuff them with the flowers to form sausages. Bury them in
> good soil during the winter, and dig them up in the spring.
> Use one or two grams of ferment per three cubic meters of
> compost.
>
> Activated Yarrow ~
>
> Obtain the fresh bladder from a stag and fill it with yarrow,
> then dew the hole. Hand the bladder in the sunlight during the
> summer. It must be protected from birds by a cloth-covered
> wooden frame. During the autumn and winter it must be buried
> in the earth until spring. Keep the finished preparation in
> the bladder, and use one or two grams to enliven manure or
> compost heaps by sulfur processes.   
> Stinging Nettle Preparation ~
>
> Collect as many young nettles as you can, let them fade a
> little, then bury them in the ground. Isolate the plants from
> the soil with a layer of peat moss above and below. They must
> remain buried for one winter and summer. They are to be added
> in small amounts to the compost pile, Activated nettles affect
> silica processes in their sphere of influence.
>
> Activated Valerian ~
>
> This plant is prepared in a simple manner: collect its
> flowers, moisten them with lukewarm rain water, and keep them
> in a loosely stoppered jar for several days. Then squeeze the
> juice from the flowers, and preserve this tincture. Prepare a
> 7x or 8x potency solution of this tincture and apply it as a
> spray.
>
> Silica Preparation ~
>
> Fill a cows horn with a paste of fine mesh silica gel. Bury
> the horn about 3 feet deep in good soil, leave it for the
> summer, and dig it up in the autumn. Keep it intact until it
> is needed. Use one gram of this silica preparation dissolved
> in one liter of lukewarm rain water. The silica must be very
> well stirred for at least two hours. Then dilute the solution
> with an additional 9 liters of rainwater. Spray the plants at
> the rate of 10 liters per acre. Silica applied in this manner
> protects plants from insects, and gives seeds greater
> resistance to harsh weather.
>
> Homeopathic Potentization ~
>
> Biodynamic farmers apply the activated ferments in extremely
> dilute solutions, called "homeopathic potencies", to stimulate
> plant growth and the fermentation of compost.
>
> Homeopathic preparations work by virtue of the specific
> "vital essence" of a substance, liberated from the material
> form by the process of "potentization" (dilution and
> vibration). The quintessence permeates the compost, soil and
> plants like astral perfume, and affects plant growth with
> subtle yet powerful forces of the cosmos.
>
> Homeopathic formulas are prepared by grinding the substance
> into fine powder; one part of this powder is mixed by grinding
> with nine parts of lactose (milk sugar), thus forming a "1x
> potency". The grinding process is called "trituration". By
> another method of preparation, the substance is diluted with
> nine parts of water or alcohol. The solution must be stirred
> vigorously, and/or stimulated with select frequencies by a
> signal generator. This treatment with vibrations is called
> "succussion".
>
> Homeopathic remedies are prepared in successive dilutions on
> a decimal scale. A 1:9 dilution is a 1x potency; 1:100 is 2x;
> 1:1000 is 3x, and so on. Each time the next higher potency is
> prepared, one part of the preceding potency is diluted with 9
> parts of water or lactose. Some triturated powders can be
> prepared in a lapidary tumbler, using steel balls to do the
> grinding. A blender also can be used to prepare both
> triturations and successions.
>
> From a chemical standpoint, the quantity of the triturated
> substance in a homeopathic dose of 6x or higher is negligible,
> being scarcely a trace, yet the effects are clearly
> pronounced. Homeopathic theory posits that the mechanical
> energy applied by trituration and succussion distends the
> molecules of the original substance, thus altering the
> fundamental nature and releasing its essential energy.
>
> ---
>
> **"Termites Repelled By Catnip Oil"**
>
>  
>    
> Source: [Southern Research
> Station - USDA Forest Service](http://www.srs.fs.fed.us/)   
> Date: 2003-03-26
>
> NEW ORLEANS, LA - Known for its intoxicating effects on
> felines, catnip oil may also have a future in termite control.
> Recent experiments by USDA Forest Service researcher Chris
> Peterson show that catnip oil repels and even kills termites
> in a laboratory setting.
>
> Peterson, a researcher with the Forest Service Southern
> Research Station (SRS), and fellow researcher Janice
> Ems-Wilson, a chemist at Valencia Community College in
> Orlando, FL, presented the results of their research at the
> national meeting of the American Chemical Society held March
> 23 - 27 in New Orleans.
>
> An entomologist with the SRS Wood Products Insect Research
> unit in Starkville, MS, Peterson has been testing essential
> catnip oil as a possible replacement for the more toxic
> pesticides presently used to control termites. Probably the
> most common termite control method is treating the soil next
> to wood structures with chemical compounds: some of the active
> ingredients of traditional termiticides, such as chlordane and
> chlorpyrifos, have lost their registrations in the U.S. due to
> their toxicity. New, more eco-friendly compounds are being
> sought to fill the void.
>
> The search for new termiticidal products is active. "The USDA
> Forest Service routinely tests about three new termite
> formulations for effectiveness every year, with a new active
> ingredient tested about once in every two years," said
> Peterson. "Natural compounds from plants, bacteria, and fungi
> could provide new commercial products that are less toxic to
> humans and the environment."
>
> For their termite study, Peterson and Ems-Wilson infused sand
> with catnip essential oil--the kind routinely sold in pet
> stores--to test the effectiveness of the oil as a barrier to
> termite tunneling. To test vertical tunneling, the researchers
> placed yellow pine sapwood in the bottom of a test tube filled
> with sand. A two-inch barrier of catnip-treated sand separated
> the termites in the top layer of untreated sand from the pine.
> To test horizontal tunneling, the researchers constructed a
> barrier of treated sand across the middle of a transparent box
> of sand, again with the tempting pine placed across the
> barrier from the termites. In both tests, catnip oil reduced
> or eliminated termite tunneling.
>
> Peterson and Ems-Wilson also tested the catnip oil for its
> toxicity to termites by treating them directly with a dilution
> of the oil, fumigating them, and exposing them to
> catnip-infused soil. The researchers carefully counted the
> termites in the multiple tests on barriers to make sure the
> barrier-effect they found was not due to termite mortality.
>
> "At higher concentrations, the oil does kill termites, but
> not as effectively as the commercial compounds currently used
> in soil treatments," said Peterson. "Our results show that
> catnip oil is a very effective deterrent to termite tunneling,
> with the effective doses tested much lower than those reported
> for similar natural products."
>
> Unfortunately, catnip oil breaks down quickly in the
> environment. The chemicals now used to prevent termite
> infestation must remain effective for more than five years in
> government testing. "There is the inevitable tradeoff," said
> Peterson. "Chemicals that last a long time also have greater
> potential for environmental damage. We hope that the active
> ingredients in catnip oil can eventually be modified to last
> longer."
>
> Peterson emphasizes that his experiments are preliminary:
> catnip oil has not been officially tested for safety and
> effectiveness in the field. "The other factor is cost," said
> Peterson. "Catnip oil is much too expensive to use at
> effective rates when compared to other compounds. Until a way
> is found to produce the oil competitively and formulate it for
> long-term use, its only practical use would be for controlling
> isolated populations of termites."
>
> The mission of the SRS Wood Products Insect Research unit is
> to improve the protection of wood products from subterranean
> termite damage, define the role of termites in forest
> ecosystems, and understand their impact on forest health. For
> more information: <http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/termites/research.htm>
>
> ---
>
> **Companion Plants**
>
>  
>
> Amaranth -- Corn, Onion, Potato   
> Angelica -- Incompatible with Dill   
> Anise -- Beans, Coriander /// Incompatible with Basil, Rue   
> Apple -- Chives /// Incompatible with: Potato   
> Asparagus -- Basil, Marigold, Nasturnium, Parsley, Tomato ///
> Incompatible with Mint, Onion   
> Basil -- Beans, Cabbage, Marigold, Pepper, Tomato --
> Incompatible with Rue   
> Beans -- Beets, Borage, Cabbage, Carrot, Cauliflower, Celery,
> Collards, Corn, Cucumber, Nasturnium, Petunia, Potato, Squash,
> Strawberry, Summer Savory, Sunflower, Tomato /// Incompatible
> with Chives, Onion, Garlic, Fennel, Gladiolus, Leek   
> Bee Balm -- Tomato /// Incompatible with Field Mustard   
> Beets -- Basil, Bush beans, Cabbage, Kohlrabi, Lettuce, Onion,
> Sage, Tomato /// Incompatible with Pole beans, Mustard   
> Borage -- Squash, Strawberry, Tomato   
> Broad Beans -- Corn /// Incompatible with Kohlrabi   
> Broccoli -- Beans, Celery, Chamomile, Dill, Mints, Nasturtium,
> Onion, Oregano, Potato, Rosemary, Sage /// Incompatible with
> Lettuce, Strawberry, Tomato   
> Brussel Sprouts -- Beans, Celery, Dill, Hyssop, Mints,
> Nasturtium, Potato, Rosemary, Sage /// Incompatible with
> Strawberry   
> Cabbage -- Aromatic herbs (repel Cabbage Worms), Bush Beans,
> Beets, Celery, Chamomile, Dill, Geranium, Hyssop, Lavender,
> Marigold, Mint, Nasturnium, Onions, Oregano, Potato, Rosemary,
> Sage, Tansy, Thyme, Tomato /// Incompatible with Dill, Grapes,
> Mustards, Rue, Strawberries, Tomatoes   
> Calendula -- Tomato (Repels tomato worms, asparagus beetles)   
> Caraway -- Peas /// Incompatible with Fennel   
> Carrots -- Chervil, Chives, Leaf lettuce, Leeks, Onion, Peas,
> Radish, Rosemary, Sage, Tomato, Wormwood /// Incompatible with
> Anise, Dill   
> Cauliflower -- Beans, Beet, Celery, Chamomile, Dill, Hyssop,
> Lavender, Mints, Nasturtium, Onion, Oregano, Radish ///
> Incompatible with Dill, Strawberries, Tomatoes   
> Celery --Beans, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Leek, Onion, Spinach,
> Tomato /// Incompatible with Corn   
> Chamomile -- Cabbage, Mint, Onion, Squash   
> Chervil -- Carrots, Radish   
> Chives -- Carrots, Grapes, Parsley, Tomato /// Incompatible with
> Peas, Beans   
> Collard Greens -- Tomatoes   
> Coriander -- Anise, Potato /// Incompatible with Fennel   
> Corn -- Amaranth, Beans, Cucumber, Geranium, Lamb's Quarters,
> Melons, Morning Glory, Peas, Potato, Pumpkin, Sow Thistle,
> Squash, Sunflower  /// Incompatible with Celery, Tomato   
> Cucumbers -- Beans, Broccoli, Celery, Corn, Lettuce, Marigold,
> Nasturnium, Onion, Peas, Radish, Savory, Sunflower, Tomato 
> /// Incompatible with: Potato, Rue, Sage   
> Dill -- Cabbage, Lettuce, Onion /// Incompatible with Carrot,
> Tomato   
> Eggplant -- Amaranth, Beans, Peas, Spinach, Tarragon, Thyme   
> Fennel -- Incompatible with Beans, Caraway, Dill, Fennel,
> Kohlrabi, Tomato, Wormwood   
> Fig -- Incompatible with Rue   
> Flax -- Carrot, Potatoes   
> Garlic -- Beets, Carrots, Chamomile, Lettuce, Raspberry, 
> Roses, Tomato, Summer savory /// Incompatible with Beans,
> Cabbage, Peas, Strawberries   
> Grapes -- Clover, Geranium, Hyssop, Oregano /// Incompatible
> with Cabbage, Radish   
> Hyssop -- Cabbage, Grape   
> Kohlrabi -- Beets, Cucumber, Onion /// Incompatible with Pole
> Beans, Pepper, Strawberry, Tomato   
> Leek -- Carrots, Celery, Onions /// Incompatible with Beans,
> Broccoli   
> Lettuce -- Beet, Cabbage, Carrot, Clover, Corn, Cucumber, Melon,
> Onion, Peanuts, Peas, Radish, Strawberry, Sunflower   
> Lovage -- Beans   
> Melons -- Corn, Nasturnium, Radish   
> Mint -- Cabbage, Tomatoes  /// Incompatible with Chamomile,
> Parsley   
> Nettle -- Increases the oil production of herbs   
> Onions -- Amaranth, Beets, Cabbage, Carrot, Celery, Chamomile,
> Leeks, Lettuce, Pepper, Potato, Roses, Sow Thistle, Strawberry,
> Summer savory, Tomato /// Incompatible with Beans, Peas   
> Oregano -- Cabbage, Cucumber   
> Parsley -- Asparagus, Carrot, Chives, Onions, Roses, Tomato ///
> Incompatible with Mint   
> Petunia -- Beans   
> Peanuts -- Squash, Corn   
> Peas -- Aromatic herbs, Beans, Carrots, Corn, Cucumber,
> Eggplant, Lettuce, Potato, Radish, Spinach, Turnips ///
> Incompatible with Garlic, Gladiolus, Leek, Onion, Potoato,
> Shallots   
> Peppers -- Basil, Carrot, Lovage, Marjoram, Onion, Oregano ///
> Incompatible with Fennel, Kohlrabi   
> Plum -- Horseradish   
> Pole Beans -- Radish // Incompatible with Beets, Sunflower   
> Potatoes -- Amaranth, Beans, Corn, Cabbage, Eggplant, Flax,
> Horseradish, Lettuce, Lima Beans, Marigold, Onion, Petunia 
> /// Incompatible with Cucumber, Pumpkin, Radish, Raspberry,
> Sunflower, Squash, Tomato   
> Pumpkin -- Corn, Dastura /// Incompatible with Apple, Potato,
> Raspberry, Rosemary, Tomato   
> Radishes --  Beans, Beets, Carrots, Chervil, Cucumber,
> Lettuce, Melons, Nasturnium, Parsnips, Peas, Spinach,
> Squash  /// Incompatible with:  Brussels sprouts,
> Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Grape, Hyssop, Kohlrabi, Potato,
> Turnips   
> Raspberry -- Tansy /// Incompatible with Potato   
> Rhubarb -- Columbine,
> Garlic, Onion, Roses   
> Rose -- Beans, Cabbage, Carrot, Sage /// Incompatible with
> Potato   
> Rosemary -- Beans, Cabbage, Carrots, Sage /// Incompatible with
> Potatoes   
> Rue -- Figs, Raspberry, Rose, Strawberry /// Incompatible with
> Basil, Cabbage, Sage   
> Sage -- Beans, Cabbage, Carrot, Marjoram, Peas, Rosemary,
> Strawberry, Tomato /// Incompatible with Cucumber, Rue   
> Savory -- Beans, Onions   
> Southernwood -- Cabbage   
> Sowthistle -- Corn, Onions, Tomato   
> Soybeans -- Everything   
> Spinach -- Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery, Eggplant, Onion, Peas,
> Strawberry   
> Squash -- Beans, Corn, Cucumbers, Icicle radishes, Mint,
> Nasturnium, Onion /// Incompatible with Potatoes   
> Strawberries -- Beans, Borage, Comfrey, Lettuce, Onion, Spinach
> /// Incompatible with Broccoli, Brussle Sprouts, Cabbage,
> Califlower, Kohlrabi   
> Sunflower -- Cucumber /// Incompatible with Cabbage   
> Tansy -- Fruits, Peppers, Potato, Rose, Raspberry   
> Thyme -- Cabbage   
> Tomatoes --  Asparagus, Basil, Bee Balm, Carrot, Celery,
> Chives, Garlic, Lemon Balm, Onions, Marigold, Mint, Nasturtium,
> Parsley, Peas, Sage /// Incompatible with Cabbage, Cauliflower,
> Corn, Dill, Fennel, Kohlrabi, Potato   
> Turnip -- Peas
>
> ---
>
>
>
> **Insect-Repellant Plants**
>
>    
> Basil -- Flies, Mosquitoes, Asparagus Beetle   
> Borage -- Tomato Worm   
> Calendula -- Asparagus Beetles, Tomato Worms   
> Catnip -- Ants, Aphids, Cockroaches, Flea Beetle, Japanese
> Beetles   
> Chrysanthemum -- Mexican Bean Beetle   
> Cosmos -- Mexican Bean Beetle   
> Coriander -- Aphids   
> Dandelion -- Colorado Potato Beetle   
> Dead Nettle -- Potato Beetle   
> Fennel -- Fleas   
> Flax -- Potato Beetle   
> Garlic -- Aphids, Apple Scab, Borers, Japanese Beetles, Peach
> Leaf Curl Disease, Spider Mites   
> Geranium -- Cabbage Worm, Red Spider Mite   
> Henbit -- General insect repellant   
> Horseradish -- Potato Beetle   
> Hyssop -- Cabbage Moth   
> Lavender -- Mice, Ticks, Moths   
> Marigold -- Mexican Bean Beetle, Nematodes   
> Mint -- Ants, Aphids, Cabbage Moth, Fleas, Mice   
> Mole Plant -- Mice, Moles   
> Nasturnium -- White Flies, Squash Bugs, Striped Pumpkin Beetle,
> Wooly Aphid (apple)   
> Oregano -- Cabbage Butterfly, Cucumber Beetle   
> Parsley -- Beetles   
> Pennyroyal -- Fleas, Flies, Mosquitoes   
> Pot Marigold -- Asparagus Beetle, Tomato Worm   
> Radish -- Cucumber Beetle   
> Rosemary -- Bean Beetles, Cabbage Moth, Carrot Fly   
> Rue -- Flies, Japanese Beetle, Cats, Dogs   
> Sage -- Bean beetle, Cabbage Moth, Carrot Fly, Slugs   
> Southernwood -- Cabbage Moth   
> Sunflower -- Armyworm   
> Tansy -- Ants, Fleas, Flies, Japanese Beetle, Moths, Striped
> Cucumber Beetles, Squash Bugs   
> Thyme -- Cabbage Worm   
> Wormwood -- Animals
>
> Beneficial Parasitoid Wasps and Hoverflies are attracted to:
> Alyssum, Buckwheat, Cilantro, Fennel, Mustard, Phacelia, and
> Yarrow (J. Luna, et al., Organic Farming Research 6:7-9)
>
> "Pollen and Nectar plants" that attract beneficial predator
> insects: Carrot, Catnip, Coneflowers, Daisy, Dill, Fennel,
> Goldenrod, Lemon Balm, Mint, Parsley, Peppermint, Spearmint,
> Thyme, Yarrow.
>
> Note: Whiteflies are a vector for Tomato Yellow Leaf Virus.
> Several people on GardenWeb have experimented with cups of
> liquid Sevin bainted with clove oil or tayuya root powder to
> control cucumber beetle, and recommend it for whitefly also.
>
> ---
>
>
>
> **Beneficial Insects**
>
>    
> Assassin Bug -- Caterpillars, Flies   
> Big-Eyed Bug -- Aphids, Caterpillars, Leafhoppers, Mites;
> attracted by Clover, Goldenrod, Soybeans.   
> Braconid Wasp -- Aphids, Armyworm, Cabbageworm, Cornborer,
> Codling Moth, Elm Bark Beetle, Horn Worm; Attracted by Dill,
> Parsley, Yarrow.   
> Damselbug -- Aphids, Caterpillars, Leafhoppers, Thrips;
> Attracted by Alfalfa.   
> Ground Beetle -- Caterpillars, Cabbage Maggot, Colorado Potato
> Beetle Larvae, Cutworms, Slugs, Snails; Attracted by Clover.   
> Honeybee -- Pollinator   
> Hover Fly (Syrphid Fly) -- Aphids   
> Ichneumon Wasp -- Beetle larvae, Caterpillars, Sawfly,   
> Lacewing -- Aphids, Corn Earworms, Mites, Thrips   
> Lady Beetle -- Aphids   
> Minute Pirate Bug -- Leafhopper nymphs, Spider mites, Thrips   
> Predatory Mite -- European Red Mites, Spider Mites   
> Praying Mantis -- Also predates beneficials   
> Rove Beetle -- Aphids, Cabbage Maggot, Flies, Mites, Springtails
>   
> Soldier Beetle --  Aphids, Beetle larvae, Caterpillars,
> Corn Rootworm, Cucumber Beetle, Grasshopper eggs ; Attracted by
> Goldenrod, Milkweed, Hydrangea   
> Spined Soldier Bug -- Caterpillars, Sawfly larvae   
> Tachinid Fly -- Caterpillars   
> Tiger Beetle -- General predator   
> Yellowjacket -- Flies, caterpillars
>
> ---

**ElectroCulture Patents (US Cl. 47/1.3)**
   
> **USP # 3,935,670****Apparatus for Selectively Applying Electrical
> Current to Plants**   
> Ricks H. Pluenneke /  Willis G. Dykes   
> February 3, 1976   
> Abstract ~ Apparatus for destroying selected plants by the
> application of electricity thereto. A source of high-voltage
> electrical current is mounted on a moveable platform, and a
> grounding wheel or the like is provided for insuring safety of
> the apparatus by grounding various electrical source components.
> A conductive tip portion of a non-conductive staff member may be
> connected to the source of current by a cord, and an operator
> controlled switch in a secondary control circuit is mounted on
> the staff member. The switch is normally open so that the
> conductive tip portion will not be energized should the operator
> release his grip on the staff member. By actuating the switch
> and bringing the tip portion into mere touching engagement with
> a plant stem, plant destruction may be effected.   
>
> **USP # 3,940,885****Process and Equipment for Treating Seeds and
> Product Thereof**   
> Oscar S. Gray   
> March 2, 1976   
> Abstract ~ Seeds are subjected to microwave energy and a
> coolant gas, then subjected to a partial vacuum to stimulate
> growth and stabilize such stimulation. Seeds so treated have
> superior growth characteristics and are more resistant to
> disease and weather hazards. Apparatus for effecting this
> process is also disclosed.
>
> **USP # 4,007,794****Top Desiccation of Crop Plants**   
> Ricks H. Pluenneke /  Willis G. Dykes   
> February 15, 1977   
> Abstract ~ The above-ground growth of potatoes and like root
> crops are contacted with high voltage electricity several days
> prior to harvesting, the electricity desiccating the
> above-ground portion of the crops while not harming the
> tubers. A no-load voltage of about 20 kv with an energy
> density of about 11-15 kw/foot of width treated is effective.
> Low-bush blueberries, and like perennial crops, are pruned by
> contacting the above-ground growth thereof with electricity.
> Pruning, in the case of blueberries, is most effective when
> done approximately every other year in the case of
> blueberries, a no-load voltage of 10-20 kv with an energy
> density of about 2-3 kw/foot of width treated being effective.
>
> **USP # 4,020,590****Apparatus and Method for Exposing Seeds to a
> Magnetic Field**   
> Albert R. Davis   
> May 3, 1977   
> Abstract ~ Apparatus for magnetically treating seeds comprises
> a magnet for producing a unipolar magnetic field, an enclosed
> generally cylindrical housing having a closable access opening
> therein in which said seeds are placed for treatment, drive
> means associated with the housing for rotating said housing
> and imparting rolling and tumbling motion to the seeds within
> the housing, the housing being disposed with respect to the
> magnet such that the seeds move through the magnetic field as
> they roll and tumble. By magnetically treating the seeds in a
> unipolar magnetic field while rolling and tumbling the seeds,
> the characteristics of plants grown therefrom are favorably
> altered.
>
> **USP # 4,047,326****Vascular Contact Rotating and Stationary
> Abrading Electrode Devices for Electric Weed Killing**   
> Robert C. Tibbs   
> September 13, 1977   
> Abstract ~ Undesirable
> vegetation
> or weeds are destroyed by electrical current conducted
> therethrough by prolonged contact with electrodes. Internal
> plant tissues of the vegetation are exposed for electrode
> contact by removal of electrically resistant external layer
> portions through abrasion of the plant stems or stalks along a
> path of movement of the apparatus to reduce the electrical
> energy requirements for plant destroying purposes.
>
> **USP # 4,092,800****Vegetation Control**   
> James R. Wayland,
> Jr.,
> et al.   
> June 6, 1978   
> Abstract ~ Microwave
> transmitters
> generate electromagnetic energy at a desired frequency in the
> range of from 300 MHz to 300 GHz. Energy derived from the
> microwave transmitters is coupled into a waveguide for
> transmission to an energy radiator coupled to the waveguide.
> The energy radiator, waveguide and microwave transmitters are
> vehicle mounted such that the radiator is made to pass over
> areas in which it is desired to control vegetation.
> Vegetation, including seeds, in the path of energy emitting
> from the radiator absorbs the energy from the field resulting
> in internal changes in the plant or seed causing death or
> debilitation of the vegetation or seed.
>
> **USP # 4,094,095****Method and Apparatus for Using Electrical
> Current to Destroy Weeds...**   
> Willis Dykes   
> June 13, 1978   
> Abstract ~ A method and apparatus for destroying weeds growing
> in and around crop rows without destruction of crops growing
> therein. A plurality of electrically conductive spring members
> are disposed in a generally horizontal plane and connected to
> a high voltage source of electricity. The spring members have
> a spring constant such that relatively stiff crops plants will
> deflect the spring members while relatively flexible weeds
> will not deflect them. Substantially all of the plants in and
> around the crop rows are contacted with current-carrying
> portions of the spring members by moving the spring members
> relative to the crop rows parallel to the crop rows. A larger
> dwell time of contact is provided between the spring members
> and the relatively flexible weeds then the dwell time of
> contact between the spring members and the relatively stiff
> crop plant so that the weeds receive sufficient electrical
> energy to result in destruction thereof, while the crop plants
> do not receive sufficient electrical energy to result in
> destruction thereof. The difference in dwell time is provided
> by forming each spring member so that it has one end connected
> to a supporting member and the first portion extending from
> the connected end making a first angle .alpha. with a line
> along the direction of movement of the spring member, and
> having a free end with a second portion adjacent the free end
> making a second angle .beta. with a line along the direction
> of movement of the spring member, the angle .beta. being
> substantially greater than the angle .alpha., and by disposing
> the connected end of the spring member between crop rows while
> the free end extends into a crop row during movement of the
> spring member to affect contacting.
>
> **USP # 4,177,603****Plant Destruction Using Electricity**   
> Willis Dykes   
> December 11, 1979   
> Abstract ~ A machine and method for destroying plant growth. A
> specialty application is provided for plant growth around and
> between railroad tracks, and a general description is provided
> for preventing damage to the high voltage source of
> electricity used for the plant destruction, and for minimizing
> the number of fires started in dry material accessory to plant
> destruction. A vehicle with a high voltage electricity source
> is mounted on railroad tracks, with wheels of each wheel set
> for the vehicle being electrically isolated, and the high
> voltage source being grounded through one of the wheels.
> Special plant contacting devices comprising rounded end
> generally cylindrical contacting members are provided. The
> current output of the high voltage source is limited to
> prevent damage to the high voltage source, and the no-load
> voltage of the high voltage source is held to generally the
> same level as the full-load current limited voltage to
> minimize the number of fires started by the plant contactors.
>
> **USP # 4,188,751****Magnetic Seed Treating Device**Minoru Saruwatari   
> February 19, 1980   
> Abstract ~ A device for magnetically treating seeds prior to
> planting so as to increase the yield of plants grown from the
> seeds. The device includes a tubular member provided with an
> internal support for securing a permanent magnet therein so
> that as seeds are poured through the tubular member, they are
> magnetically treated. The magnet, which has opposite poles
> disposed at opposite ends thereof, is oriented with its
> longitudinal axis extending in the direction of the passage,
> the passage adjacent the magnet being of substantially annular
> shape in cross-section whereby a uniform cylindrical shaped
> magnetic field occupies the annular passage through which the
> grain must pass. The tubular member has a converging portion
> in the direction of seed travel so as to provide an area of
> maximum constriction adjacent the magnet which results in the
> seeds being funnelled radially inward towards the more
> concentrated magnetic field closest to the magnet. The
> converging or constricted portion may be shaped to provide the
> flow of seeds along streamlines so that the rate of flow is
> enhanced.
>
> **USP # 4,198,781****Plant Destruction Utilizing Electrically
> Conductive Liquid**   
> Willis Dykes   
> April 22, 1980   
> Abstract ~ A machine is provided for destroying plants with
> electricity comprising a tank adapted to hold electrically
> conductive liquid, an electrode for placing the electrically
> conductive liquid in the tank at high electrical potential,
> including a high voltage source of electricity; nozzles for
> spraying the electrically conductive liquid on plants to be
> destroyed; and a structure for grounding the high voltage
> source. Air pressure provided over the liquid in the tank
> provides the motive force for spraying, and pneumatically
> operated valves in line with the nozzles are provided for
> selectively supplying liquid to the nozzles. In this way,
> there are no moving parts which are electrically charged.
> Condition-responsive structures, responsive to plant position,
> are provided for controlling operation of the pneumatic
> valves, such as air limit proximity switches. The current
> output of the high voltage source is limited so that damage to
> the source is prevented, and the no-load voltage of the high
> voltage source also is preferably controlled.
>
> **USP # 4,240,365****Magnetic Seed Planter**   
> Raymond D. Amburn   
> December 23, 1980   
> Abstract ~ Planting apparatus including a supporting frame
> adapted to be connected to a tractor or similar vehicle; a
> seed hopper mounted on the supporting frame for containing a
> supply of seeds, and seed metering mechanism spaced beneath
> the discharge outlet of the seed hopper for controlling the
> movement of the seeds discharged from the hopper on the
> ground. A magnetic seed treating device is disposed in the
> path of seeds discharged from the hopper for causing the seeds
> to pass through a magnetic field to magnetically treat the
> seeds as the seeds are planted.
>
> **USP # 4,291,125****Method for Electronic Control of Infections
> Using Silver Ions**   
> Wilson Greatbatch   
> September 22, 1981   
> Abstract ~ A method and apparatus for killing plant and animal
> bacteria and plant viroids by electrically generated silver
> ions. The silver ions serve as germicidal agents in infection
> control and are generated by very slow electrical anodic
> corrosion of a silver wire located closely adjacent the
> infection site. In particular, a silver anode and a cathode of
> non-corroding metal are located in an electrolytic nutrient
> medium with the silver anode being within five millimeters of
> the infection site, and a direct voltage is applied to the
> anode and cathode in a manner passing a positive current in
> the microampere range into the silver anode causing it to
> corrode slightly and give off silver ions which produce a
> germicidal environment about the infection site.
>
> **USP # 4,302,670****Electrogenic Seed Treater**  
> Andrew Zaderej / Claude E. Corson  
> November 24, 1981  
> Abstract ~ Method and apparatus for treating seeds, such as
> corn, soy beans and rice, in which the seeds are first coated
> with a mixture of water and enzyme and then subjected to a
> series of electrical potentials that causes water, ion
> particles, and nitrogen components to be impregnated within
> the seed for the purpose of improving the embryonic and growth
> potential of the seeds.
>
> **USP # 4,338,743****Safety System for Weed Destroying Apparatus...**
>   
> Thomas P. Gilmore   
> July 13, 1982   
> Abstract ~ Weed destroying apparatus carried on a vehicle has
> a generator; a step-up transformer having its secondary
> winding coupled to electrodes for contacting and killing
> weeds; a programmable semiconductor logic array; a first
> contactor coupled to an output of the logic array for
> connecting the generator to the transformer primary winding in
> the weed killing mode; a second contactor coupled to an output
> of the logic array for connecting the generator to electrical
> outlets for supplying electrical power to auxiliary farm
> equipment in a standby mode; a run/standby switch for
> providing binary signals to the logic array indicative as to
> whether the apparatus is to operate in the weed killing mode
> or the standby mode; a plurality of safety systems each of
> which has redundant interlock means for preventing an unsafe
> condition in which high voltage would be a hazard in the weed
> killing mode and sensing means for providing binary signals to
> the logic array indicative of whether each interlock means is
> in the safe condition or an unsafe condition; and a generator
> frequency interlock for detecting generator frequency in the
> standby mode and for applying binary signals to the logic
> array indicative of whether generator frequency is within a
> predetermined range.
>
> **USP # 4,338,744****Safety System for Weed Destroying Apparatus**
>   
> Thomas P. Gilmore   
> July 13, 1982   
> Abstract ~ A weed destroying system carried on a vehicle and
> having electrodes for contacting weeds and a high voltage
> generator and a step-up transformer for supplying high voltage
> to the electrodes is provided with a tamper-proof safety
> system having redundant safety interlocks to effectively
> ground the vehicle and redundant safety interlocks to prevent
> energization of the generator until the vehicle is traveling
> at a predetermined speed and which de-energizes the generator
> if any one safety interlock is bypassed or fails in an unsafe
> condition, thereby requiring plural simultaneous failures to
> create a condition that is hazardous to the operator or to a
> bystander. The safety system also provides immediately-visible
> warning of the electrical hazard created by the apparatus and
> provides visual and aural indications to the operator when a
> safety interlock has been bypassed or is jammed closed.
>
> **USP # 4,428,150****Electrode Arrangement for Electric Weed
> Killing Apparatus**   
> Allois F. Geiersbach   
> January 31, 1984   
> Abstract ~ Apparatus for destroying weeds in and around crop
> rows has a high voltage source of electricity mounted on a
> vehicle; a coulter wheel for connecting the high voltage
> source to the ground; a plurality of weed contacting
> electrodes carried on the vehicle and insulated therefrom; and
> a plurality of isolating electrical reactance inductors each
> of which connects a weed contacting electrode to the high
> voltage source and limits the magnitude of current flowing
> through the high voltage source when the electrode contacts a
> weed to thereby minimize the voltage drop across the high
> voltage source and maintain substantially constant voltage on
> the remaining electrodes.
>
> **USP # 4,633,611****Process and Apparatus for Disinfecting Seeds**
>   
> Siegfried Schiller, et al.   
> January 6, 1987   
> Abstract ~ An apparatus and process for the disinfection of
> seeds, preferably those of grains, to prevent pathogenic
> organisms from being planted with the seeds, and to provide
> reliable disinfection without using toxic agents. The seed is
> irradiated by low-energy electrons with energy and dosage
> controlled so that the surface and regions close to the
> surface are exposed to the radiation with fungicidal effect. A
> beam of the low-energy electrons is provided by an electron
> gun aimed at a region within a seed-receiving chamber at which
> the seeds to be irradiated are caused to intercept the
> radiation repeatedly and on all sides. The chamber may be at
> atmospheric pressure or be evacuated, the latter condition
> requiring vacuum locks at seed inlet and outlet ports of the
> chamber.
>
> **USP # 4,680,889****Process for Treating Plants**   
> Dan R. Carlson   
> July 21, 1987   
> Abstract ~ The present invention is a process for stimulating
> or inhibiting plant growth and includes the steps of applying
> a plant growth stimulant or inhibitor and subjecting the plant
> to high frequency sound waves.
>
> **USP # 4,758,318****Method for Improvement of Soil**   
> Tadayuki Yoshida   
> July 19, 1988   
> Abstract ~ The molds infesting a given soil are extirpated by
> the flow of a pulsating direct current of not less than 50 mA
> to prevent a farm product from diseases causable by the
> aforementioned molds.
>
> **USP # 4,785,575****Horticultural Device for Raising Garden Plants
> Utilizing Magnetism**   
> Kazuhiro Shioi   
> November 22, 1988   
> Abstract ~ A horticultural device utilizing magnetism for
> raising plants includes a plate-shaped section in which a
> fertilizer is imbedded, and a rod-shaped section extending
> from the bottom side of the plate-shaped section and having a
> fluid flow passageway, at least a portion of the device having
> a magnetic property. The rod-shaped section is thrust into
> soil surrounding a plant until the plant-shaped section
> contacts the soil surface. The fertilizer carried in the
> plate-shaped section is gradually dissolved and converted into
> a magnetized fertilizer solution by watering, the fertilizer
> solution dispersing itself into the soil through the liquid
> flow passageway of the rod-shaped section.
>
> **USP # 4,891,317****Magnetic Alternation of Cellulose During Its
> Biosynthesis**   
> Malcolm Brown, Jr., et al.   
> January 2, 1990   
> Abstract ~ A method of producing cellulose of amorphous
> character by subjecting cellulose-producing organisms to a
> magnetic field substantially greater than 0.5 gauss and
> preferably at least about 500 gauss. The cellulose produced in
> the presence of a magnetic field is of an amorphous nature
> with increased water absorptivity and decreased crystallinity.
>
> **USP # 4,915,915****Water-Powered Piezoelectric Unit for Producing
> Nitrogen Fertilizer**   
> Richard W. Treharne   
> April 10, 1990   
> Abstract ~ A system for producing nitrogen fertilizer using an
> electric arc process is described in which the electric arc
> necessary for the process is generated by piezoelectric
> elements actuated by a hammer mechanism powered by water
> pressure such as from a garden hose. The nitrogen oxides
> produced by the arc discharge are drawn into the water to
> serve as a source of nitrogen fertilizer. The net result of
> the invention is that the operator can provide nitrogen
> fertilizer as he supplies water to the same area. The only
> inputs to this system are air and a source of water under
> pressure.
>
> U**SP # 5,060,414****Phytotoxicity of a Combined RF and Microwave
> Electromagnetic Field**   
> J. Robert Wayland   
> October 29, 1991   
> Abstract ~ A method and device for vegetation control. More
> particularly a technique of a plurality of steps in the
> application of electromagnetic fields of two or more selected
> but different frequencies, at least one in the ratio frequency
> range being first applied followed by application of others in
> the microwave region, to the area in which vegetation is to be
> controlled.
>
> **USP # 5,077,934**  **Method and Apparatus for Controlling Plant Growth**
>   
> Abraham R. Liboff, et al.   
> January 7, 1992   
> Abstract ~ A method and apparatus for controlling plant growth
> is provided. The apparatus includes a magnetic field generator
> for producing a controlled, fluctuating, directionally
> oriented magnetic field parallel to a predetermined axis
> projecting through viable plant material. In one aspect, a
> magnetic field detector measures the magnetic flux density
> along the predetermined axis. The applied magnetic field may
> comprise a full-wave rectified signal oscillated at
> predetermined frequencies to maintain a preselected ratio of
> frequency to the non-zero average value of the flux density,
> where the ratio is effective in altering the natural growth
> characteristics of the target plant material, such as
> accelerating growth rate. This ratio is maintained by
> adjusting the frequency of the fluctuating magnetic field
> and/or by adjusting the intensity of the applied magnetic
> field after nulling out or measuring and accounting for the
> local magnetic field in that region containing the target
> plant material.
>
> **USP # 5,097,625****Seeding and Seedling-Growing Sheet and Seeding
> and Seedling-Growing Method**   
> Tadao Kaneko   
> March 24, 1992   
> Abstract ~ The present invention is to provide a seeding and
> seedling growing sheet and a seeding and seedling-growing
> method comprising using the sheet, which are to be used for
> seeding and growing seedling of grain, vegetable, flower and
> the like, and which are suitable for efficiently seeding at a
> desirable position and a desirable density with a higher
> positional precision and for promoting the growth at
> germination, by employing the seeding and seedling-growing
> adhesive sheet comprising a sheet support body composed of
> water-soluble or water-dispersible paper or water-soluble
> polymer film, an adhesive agent containing a powdery
> ferromagnetic substance being coated in spots or in stripes on
> the support body, and by applying the seeding and
> seedling-growing method comprising using the adhesive sheet.
>
> **USP # 5,117,579****Method and Apparatus for Applying Fixed
> Nitrogen to Plants**   
> Willis A. Tellefson   
> June 2, 1992   
> Abstract ~ An electrical ion emitting farming implement to be
> moved over a field of crop planted in earth for above ground
> atmospheric treatment of growing plants comprising a frame. A
> series of bell-shaped members are mounted at spaced intervals
> on a boom across its transversely extended length and with the
> bell-shaped members opening in a downward direction toward
> underlying plants in a field of crops. A wire brush-like ion
> emitter is centrally mounted in each of the bell-shaped
> members. An electrical circuit ion generating mechanism
> operatively connected to the wire brush-like ion emitters for
> emitting electrical ions in the 30 to 50 KV range through the
> wire brush-like ion emitters. A power source is provided for
> energizing the electrical circuit means. A control is provided
> for activating the electrical circuit means for causing ion
> emission through the wire brush-like ion emitters upon
> placement of the bell-shaped members in spaced overhead
> position relative to the plants being treated. The electrical
> circuit ion generating means includes a pulsed high output ion
> generator. The generator has at least of pair of selectable
> frequencies operable in a range of 90 HZ through 400 HZ. is
> positioned forwardly of the emitters to be dragged in the
> earth to complete the circuit.
>
> **USP # 5,141,059****Method and Apparatus for Controlling
> Agricultural Pests in Soil**   
> Leland C. Marsh   
> August 25, 1992   
> Abstract ~ A method and apparatus for controlling agricultural
> pests in soil by the use of microwave energy. By using an
> agricultural-type implement for the controlled application of
> microwave energy to the topsoil prior to the planting of
> crops, germination of weed and other seeds is inhibited and
> insects are destroyed. Use of microwave energy has no residual
> effects, thereby practically eliminating any adverse effects
> on the environment.
>
> **USP # 5,271,470****Plow Apparatus and Method Using Acoustics**
>   
> Billy R. King / Walter F.Rausch   
> December 21, 1993   
> Abstract ~ The plow apparatus has plow blades to break up the
> soil in the plowed field. The broken up soil is scooped up
> with scooper blades by the forward motion of the plow
> apparatus and then conveyed to rotating tillers. The tillers
> break up the soil into smaller clumps. The tilled soil is then
> exposed to acoustical energy provided by acoustical
> transducers. The acoustical energy is of a sufficiently high
> intensity so as to kill or destroy weed seeds and insect
> larvae in the soil. The soil is then returned to the ground.
>
> **USP # 5,464,456****Electronic Stimulation of Plants**   
> M. Glen Kertz   
> November 7, 1995   
> Abstract ~ The invention relates to the electronic stimulation
> of plant development. More particularly, it relates to the
> stimulation of plant development through electrifying the
> environment around a plant or part of a plant with an
> electrical field, preferably a pulsed field. The present
> invention also relates to an electronic method of stimulating
> the active membrane transport systems of growing plants and
> harvested plant products in order to promote growth and extend
> the shelf life of harvested material. The invention is of
> particular interest as it relates to shipment and marketing of
> cut flowers, greens and trees and more particularly to methods
> and apparatus for handling, shipping, and marketing of cut
> flowers.
>
> **USP # 5,600,918****Apparatus for Killing Weeds**   
> Edwin R. Carr   
> February 11, 1997   
> Abstract ~ Apparatus
> which
> comprises a housing having a compartment and a shaft, a
> piezoelectric crystal captured in the compartment of the
> housing and an actuator assembly slideably disposed in said
> shaft for selectively applying a compressive force to the
> crystal is used to kill weeds by impressing a voltage across
> the roots of the weed. An electrically conductive path is
> formed between one end of the crystal and ground. A second
> electrically conductive path is formed between the other end
> of the crystal and a probe adapted for insertion into the
> roots of a weed. When a compressive force is applied to the
> crystal, the voltage generated is passed through the root to
> ground to kill the root, thereby destroying the weed.
>
> **USP # 5,740,627****Method and Apparatus for Enhancing Growth
> Characteristics of Seeds Using Ion-Electron Avalanches**   
> William C. Levengood   
> April 21, 1998   
> Abstract ~ A method and apparatus for treating seeds with
> self-organized avalanches of electrons between electrodes (11,
> 12) as a cathode and an anode with seeds (13) between the
> anode and cathode or on the anode. Apparatus circuit (200) in
> a box (20) provides simultaneous DC and AC between the
> electrodes which creates the avalanche of electrons which
> project into the seeds. The seeds must be stored before
> planting. The seeds so treated have enhanced growth
> characteristics.
>
> **USP # 5,806,294****Weed Electrifier**   
> Louis C. Strieber   
> September 15, 1998   
> Abstract ~ A portable, hand held tool for trimming and
> electrifying vegetation. The portable, hand swingable, weed
> trimmer passes electricity through its cutting or trimming
> element so as to pass electricity into the weeds to kill the
> roots of the weeds. The tool includes a power unit for
> rotation of a cutter drive. A pancake generator generates
> electricity via rotation of the cutter drive. Brushes between
> the pancake generator and the cutter blade conduct current to
> the cutter blade, which in turn permits the current to pass
> into the vegetation as the cutter blade trims the vegetation.
>
> **USP # 5,819,467****Method of Stimulating Plant Growth**   
> Jonathan M. Zucker   
> October 13, 1998   
> Abstract ~ A conductive helical coil is spaced around the stem
> of a growing plant, and alternating current is passed through
> the coil to induce an electromotive force in the stem and
> stimulate growth.
>
> USP # 5,868,919   
> **Method and Apparatus for Dissociating Materials****Peter D.****Babington, et al.**
>   
> February 9, 1999   
> Abstract ~ An apparatus and method of use for dissociating
> materials includes a power supply, high energy capacitor, high
> energy trigger device and an probe and reactor arrangement for
> treating both solid and medium/media materials. A near
> instantaneous discharge of the electrical charge stored in the
> capacitor via the probe can be used to dissociate the
> material, either medium/media or solid, for a desired result.
> Hazardous materials can be treated to be rendered
> non-hazardous, rocks or other solid material can be treated
> for reduction in size, plant seeds can be treated to enhance
> plant growth surfaces of granular material can be scored or
> thermally polished and milk, juices and blood could be treated
> for sterilization.
>
> **USP # 6,023,880****Method and Apparatus for Enhancing Growth
> Characteristics of Seeds Using Ion-Electron Avalanches**   
> William C. Levengood
> /
> John A. Burke   
> February 15, 2000   
> Abstract ~ A method and apparatus for treating seeds with
> self-organized avalanches of electrons between electrodes (11,
> 12) as a cathode and an anode with seeds (13) between the
> anode and cathode or on the anode. Apparatus circuit (200) in
> a box (20) provides simultaneous DC and AC between the
> electrodes which creates the avalanche of electrons which
> project into the seeds. The seeds must be stored before
> planting. The seeds so treated have enhanced growth
> characteristics.
>
> **USP # 6,055,768****Apparatus for Electrically Charging Fluids**
>   
> Joe E. Burkett   
> May 2, 2000   
> Abstract ~ The present invention relates to a method and
> apparatus to energize a fluid. In one embodiment, the
> apparatus comprises a housing defining a bore therethrough
> within which is disposed an antenna so as to define an annulus
> between the housing and the antenna, the antenna being
> electrically coupled to both the housing and an electrical
> power source so as to create an electrical field through which
> water or other fluids may be passed [to feed plants].
>
> **USP # 6,192,622****Mobile Device to Eradicate Red Palm Weevils
> and Trees Stem Borers**   
> Yosri Moh'd Taher Haj-Yousef   
> February 27, 2001   
> Abstract ~ A high frequency power source (4) and (5) supplies
> electromagnetic waves (10-100 MHz) that are supplied to a
> single or a pair of plates  that surround a trunk of the
> infested tree. The electromagnetic waves are used to kill red
> palm weevils and trees stem borers within the trunk of the
> tree. The plates are cylindrical, half cylindrical or flat,
> with insulated metal sheets that surround the trunk and upper
> roots of the infected tree.
>
> **USP # 6,237,278****Method and Device for Weed Control**   
> Bertil Persson, et al.   
> May 29, 2001   
> Abstract ~ Weed seeds are controlled by high voltage pulses
> with short duration which electropermeabilize the cell
> membranes of weed seeds in the ground. The device is selective
> and damages only germinating weed seeds and plants early in
> their life cycle. The required amount of energy is small; with
> rectangular pulses the optimal field strength is between
> 100-300 kV/m with a duration of (10-100 microseconds). A
> transformer placed on a sowing machine transforms electrical
> energy to high voltage pulses. The energy may be taken from
> the pulling tractor via a transmission or from an integrated
> power source. The high voltage pulses are applied to
> electrically conducting via applicators to two or more fixedly
> spaced plates to the soil around newly sown seeds.
>
> **USP # 6,539,664****Method and Devices for Treatment of a
> Biological Material with a Magnetic Field**   
> Alexander Katsen, et al.   
> April 1, 2003   
> Abstract ~ A device for the manipulation of a biological
> material [seeds] by a magnetic field is presented. The device
> comprises a magnetic field source coupled to a current source.
> The current source is of a kind supplying an electric current
> of at least two electrical degree shifted phases. The magnetic
> field source comprises a two-part inductor, each inductor part
> producing a coordinate varying magnetic field (CVMF). Each
> inductor part is formed by at least two conductors aligned in
> a spaced-apart relationship, wherein each of the at least two
> conductors is connectable to a different phase of the current
> source, and has two spaced-apart parts arranged such that when
> the conductor is connected to the current source, the electric
> current flows in its two parts in opposite directions,
> respectively. The conductors of each inductor part are
> arranged such that each two locally adjacent conductor parts
> are associated with two different phases of the electric
> current source. A distance between the two conductor parts
> coupled to the same phase of the current source defines a
> half-wavelength .lambda./2 of a wave of magnetic induction of
> the CVMF. This distance is selected in accordance with a
> predetermined relation between the wavelength .lambda. and an
> effective space .DELTA. within the magnetic field region
> defined by the dimensions of the biological material and its
> distance from the magnetic field source.
>
> > ---
>
> Popular Science (August 1937)   
>   
> "Novel Farm Machine Checks Soil Erosion"
>
> ![](ag2.gif)
>
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>
> Popular Science (November 1940)
>
> "Fruit Grove Protection System"   
>   
> ![](ag7.gif)
>
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>
>   
>   
> Beaumont Enterprise (May 1985)
>
> "Scientists Find New Plant Growth Booster"
>
> ![](ag9.gif)
>
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>
>   
>   
> "Rubber Coated Seeds Resist Parasites"
>
> Popular Science (September 1937)
>
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>
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>
> "Amazing Machine Picks Seeds That Will Grow"
>
> Popular Science (January 1940)   
>   
> ![](ag1.gif)
>
> ![](ag1a.gif)
>
> ![](ag1b.gif)
>
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>
>   
>   
> "Novel Farm Machine Checks Soil Erosion"
>
> Popular Science (August 1937)
>
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>
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>
>   
>   
> "Shocking Weeds to Death"
>
> Popular Science (September 1946)
>
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>
>   
>   
> "Fence Shocks Fish"
>
> (Popular Science)
>
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>
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>
>   
>   
> "Electricity Controls Tree Growth"
>
> Popular Science (August 1935)
>
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>
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>
>   
>   
> "Electricity as a Tree Pest Cure"
>
> Scientific American (27 May 1916)   
> ![](ag6.gif)
>
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>
>   
>   
> Fruit Grove Protection System
>
> Popular Science (November 1940)
>
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>
>   
>   
> Dr Thomas G. Hieronymous
>
> Cosmiculture
>
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