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 dener stand on a slab of insulating material and sprinkle vegetables from
 an electrified watering can. He reported that his salads grew to an
-extraordinary size. He also invented what he called an **"electrovegetome-
+extraordinary size. He also invented what he called an **"electrovegetometer"** to collect atmospheric electricity by means ot an antenna, and pass
-ter"** to collect atmospheric electricity by means ot an antenna, and pass
 it through plants growing in a field. "This instrument is
 applicable to all kinds of vegetal production, everywhere, in all weather.”
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 his apparatus into a garden he not only more than doubled the yield of
 strawberries but found them to be much sweeter; his harvest from barley
-plants increased by one-third. He reported  his success in 1902 in a book //Electro Cultur// The English translation of Lemstrom's book, entitled //Electricity in
+plants increased by one-third. He reported  his success in 1902 in a book //Electro Cultur// The English translation of Lemstrom's book, entitled //**Electricity in
-Agriculture and Horticulture//.  Pg 176
+Agriculture and Horticulture**//.  Pg 176
-Later Sir Oliver Lodge allowed the
-movement of people, animals, and farm equipment through his elec-
+---Later Sir Oliver Lodge allowed the
-trified fields, by suspending a grid on insulators attached to high poles.
+movement of people, animals, and farm equipment through his **elec-
+trified fields**, by suspending a grid on insulators attached to high poles.
 During one growing season Lodge was able to increase the per-acre yield
 of wheat by 40 percent and was pleased that the