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in the period of exposure, the largest number of germinating and pointed back toward its corresponding other end on top seeds was found after an exposure of 10-30 and 300 minutes; of the tower. The magnet is given a coat of plastic to protect in the second variant, when the exposure was constant and __ it from rust and to hold the windings in place, the intensity of the field varied, the effect again showed two "The trenches and magnets are covered with earth. The 18- maxima: the first in the region Of 1OW mes Hch depth is to protect the intensities and the second at 2,800 Oe. ————— wires from cultivation; they "The Soviet scientist A. V. Krylov must remain uncut if the sys- demonstrated the existence of the phe- The growth of plants can be tem is to function. One ane nomenon of magnetotropism in the strongly stimulated by sound. The ©n the tower, and hence in the higher plants. Germination of seeds in : earth, must point toward mag- a constant magnetic field accelerated effect continues above the netic north. The placing of this growth of the shoots and rootlets and yltrasonic threshold of 20 kHz and _ fi‘st magnet must be done very development at the south pole. An accurately, and the others increase in the negative sign of polari- levels off above 50 kHz. should be accurately placed. ty stimulated growth and development H i "The magnets sets are of the plant, while an increase in its Frequencies of 4 kHz tos kHz an - inclined toward the mast at 34 positive sign promoted aging, disease particular have been found to degrees to the surface of the and death. Polarity also plays a role in . . ty ground. Pointing the buried plant immunity. Seedlings with their Increase germination, enzyme ' bar magnets toward the north rootlets turned toward the north mag- activity and respiration. magnetic pole, but also setting netic pole were thickly infested by par- them so they point or tilt asites and moulds, 200 tH [Ci T_—0MCZ=—=———________—— toward the central mast, gives of these seedlings was obviously depressed. The appearance a skew to the flux or flow of energy. of seedlings facing the south magnetic pole (with all other "This system has protected groves when temperatures have conditions the samc) was completely different." fallen to as low as 20 degrees Fahrenheit. The system does In Florida and southern California during the 1940s, not alter the air temperature in the grove. Rather, it seems to orange-grower John DeLand utilised his "Frost-Guard effect a condition in the plants themselves, so that lower tem- Tower" to replace the obnoxious smudge pot system and peratures will not induce freezing. Fruit lying on the ground obtained amazingly high yields from trees formerly consid- will freeze, however." (Ref.: G. Wan Tassel, Proc. College ered too old to be productive. The DeLand Frost-Guard of Universal Wisdom, 1974, Big Rock, CA, USA.) Tower can protect one acre of grove with its energy field, but Other experimenters have demonstrated that the high-fre- the system will not protect small plants like vegetables from quency currents gencrated by a Tesla Coil will protect plants frost. (Figure 5.) from temperatures as low as 10°F, which destroyed unpro- As described by George Van Tassel, "The DeLand Frost- tected plants. (Ref.: A. D. Moore, Electrostatics and its Guard Tower is about 32 feet high. It is composed of three Applications, J. Wiley & Sons, 1972, p. 452.) 12-foot lengths of standard galvanised steel pipe. The lowest section is two-inch pipe, set three feet deep in concrete. On BLE Be GMa SEED TREATMENT top of this, a 12-foot section of 1.5-inch pipe is screwed on During the 1970s, the technology of clectro-culture became by means of a reducer. Above this, the top section of 12-foot embodied and marketed as "Electrogenic Seed Treatment” by pipe, one inch in diameter, is screwed on by means of a ___ Intertec, Inc. (now out of business for reasons unknown to reducer, Resting horizontally atop each reducer and at the mast head is a Figure 6: The Hieronymous System one-foot diameter disc of waterproof, a_ 3/4-inch plywood. Near the outer diameter of cach plywood disc or col- lar are drilled seven holes. These holes are parallel to the centre mast and are equally spaced around the diameter, 2 51-1/2 degrees apart. A Be << Insulator "Beginning at the top of the mast, with an extension of 6 or 7 inches par- allel to the ground, #10-gauge bare copper wires are run down through the seven holes of each plywood collar. These wires are continued through the concrete foundations’ outer cdge. From there they branch out, in 18-inch deep trenches, to a distance of not more than 144 feet from the mast's centre. At this point, each wire is ? wrapped several turns around an A = Control plant: disconnected, stunted Alnico-V permanent magnet. The end B = Antennaed plant: grows well of each wire is brought above ground Dark Room Support Polished Sheet Metal Insulated Wire During the 1970s, the technology of clectro-culture became embodied and marketed as "Electrogenic Seed Treatment” by Intertec, Inc. (now out of business for reasons unknown to Dark Room NEXUS¢45 APRIL - MAY 1994 ELECTROGENIC SEED TREATMENT Figure 6: The Hieronymous System