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were larger and showed a marked difference in favor of electricity. 

 Why such rank growth of tops should have taken place at this end 

 of the plot we cannot say, unless, when the current entered the 

 ground the plants were subjected to greater electric influence. It 

 was also noticed that those plants in the immediate vicinity of the 

 point where the current emerged from the ground by the return wire, 

 grew faster and were much larger than those at a greater distance 

 from the electrodes, (The same peculiarity was also observed in the 

 experiment made with lettuce two years since, and may be found in 

 the first article of this series, Bulletin No. 16, on Electro-Culture.) 

 The following table gives the weights of plants at time of harvesting 

 October 31st: 



34 10 Total, 24 5 



Here it will be noticed that in the electric plot, for every pound of 

 roots, very nearly a pound of tops was produced, while in the other 

 case, for every pound of tops, 1.43 pounds of roots grew, but the 

 difference in the totals is 10 pounds, 5 ounces, in favor of electricity. 



LETTUCE, Silver Ball. 



The next two rows were given to lettuce, but unfortunately very 

 few plants appeared. This must undoubtedly be ascribed to poor 

 seed, for the partial failure was in both plots and especially in the 

 non-electric. After it was assured that no more plants would appear 

 these few were left to grow as they would and the remainder of the 

 space was set out with beets. The lettuce although growing at a disad- 

 vantage and overshadowed by the transplanted beets, developed with 

 an apparent difference in favor of electricity. In this case, however, 

 the plants were not weighed'. 



CARROT, Early Shorthorn. 



This vegetable was given the third place in the gardens and from 

 the first grew rapidly, the tops in the electric bed surpassing for a 

 season in luxuriance those of the non-electric bed. When the roots 



