Excellent yields, short maturity and other advantages &ldquo,It is claimed for the system described in this book that by its aid no back-yard is too small, no soil too poor, to grow vegetables in such quantity and of such quality as will materially lessen a family',s food bill&rdquo,, wrote in 1921 the author in his introduction. Indeed, after nine years', persistent experiments in the use of electricity and quick-growing methods, A. Carr Bennett developed a method which proved successful &ldquo,in the stimulating of fertile vegetable seed.&rdquo, It also increases the speed of germination and the number of plants that reach maturity, and accelerates maturation too