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to spin much sooner which were kept electri- 

 fied, than those of the same hatch, which were 

 kept in the same place and manner, except that 

 they were not electrified. These experiments 

 of Mr. D'Ormay are detailed at length in the 

 Journal de Physique, of Rozier, Tome XXXV, 

 p. 270. 



" M. Bartholon, who had before written a 

 tract on this subject, and proposed ingenious 

 TTcethods for applying Electricity to Agri- 

 culture and Gardening, has also repeated nu- 

 meroiia experiments; and shows both that 

 natural electricity, as well as the artificial, in- 

 creases the growth of plants and the germina- 

 tion of seeds; and opposes Mr. Ingenhouz, by 

 very numerous and conclusive facts. — lb. Tome 

 XXXV, p. 401. 



" Since, by the late discoveries or opinions of 

 the chemists, there is reason to believe .that 

 water is decomposed in the vessels of vegetables ; 

 and that the hydrogen or inflammable air, of 

 which it in part consists, contributes to the 

 nourishment of the plant, and to the production 

 of its oils, resins and gums, sugar, &c.; and, 

 lastly, as electricity decomposes v:afer into these 

 two airs, termed Oxygen and Hydrogen, there 

 is a powerful analogy to induce us to believe 

 that it accelerates or contributes to the growth 

 of vegetation, and, like heat, may possibly enter 



into combination with many bodies, or form the 

 basis of some yet unrealized acid." 



So much of Darwin ; the true point, I imagine, 

 in the philosophy of electrical Agriculture, is 

 contained in the italics of the last paragraph, 

 and would seem to sustain, in a great measure, 

 the views of Mr. Seely, pp. 53, 54, of your July 

 Journal, viz : that Electricity, if at all available, 

 is a mere exciting agent, and that the texture of 

 the soil and the pabulum of plants must be sup- 

 plied fiom other elements of Nature. 



Ohio Co. Va. CULTOR. 



[Cultoris a Correspondent so much to our taste, 

 that we should like to look behind his mask, in the 

 hope that we might the better encourage him not 

 only to give the fuller glossary of which he siieake, 

 but to favor us vrith observations, such as the pages 

 of the Farmers' Libraiy may suggest on other sub- 

 jects. We are quite sure that he might assist us ma- 

 terially in the accomplishment of designs far above 

 and more worthy than that of merely gaining ade- 

 quate pecuniaiy support. Supposinghimto be already 

 a subscriber to the work, and not knowing how else 

 to rcachhim with a fuller expression of our hopes and 

 aspirations, in this respect, we have addressed a letter 

 to " CuLTOR," care of the Postmaster at Wheeling, 

 who, we hope, may still be our old friend Agnew, if 

 he desire it ; which letter he (Cultor) will please 

 call for. Here we can take room only to add that he 

 cannot well excel us in admiration of the genius 

 and forecasting mind of Darwin. — £d.] 



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