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111 the case of the pot experiments with beans, the ellect of different 

 soil- water-content (30 per cent, and 60 per cent.) upon the results 

 obtained by the soaking treatment was ascertained. The effect of the 

 soaking treatment upon yield was found to be independent of the 

 amount of moisture in the soil. Similar results were obtained with oats. 



Finally a field experiment with beans was described in which the 

 yield from plants from untreated seeds was compared with that from 

 plants from seeds swelled and afterwards redried. The results obtained 

 are summarised below: 



Table X. 

 Harvest Results. 



* Mean of three experiments. 



Schleh reported the following results of large-scale field tests with 

 oats carried out to determine whether the soaking treatment of seeds 

 was of any economic value. On moist soil with a high hvimus content^ 

 ^ I. Mechanical Analysis of the Soil. 



