46 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



independent determinations of moisture for standardizing 

 the instrument, and the Division of Botany kept a record 

 of the growth of the crops where the electrodes were buried. 

 Owing to the unusually wet weather during the summer and 

 the incomplete records of the instrument, the results of the 

 experiment were not entirely satisfactory. The department 

 expects to repeat the observations next year under more 

 favorable conditions, and an outfit for that purpose has been 

 ordered. 



It is hoped that arrangements may be made to put the 

 electrometer in the tower in working order, so that observa- 

 tions on atmospheric electricity may be undertaken. 



