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About 8 acres were experimented upon in Sweden in the summer 

 of 1902 by Baron Theodore Adelsvard, and the following results 

 were obtained : 



CROP. 



Mislin (barley, oats, peas, &c.] 



Beets (cattle food) 



Carrots 



INCREASE PER CENT. 



20.9 



26.5 



2.9 



Much damage was done to the crops by rain and lew tempera- 

 ture so that the results obtained were not satisfactory. 



Experiments were repeated at all three places in 1903. At 

 Durham College the conditions were somewhat varied by water- 

 ing one half of the electrified area and not the other. The com- 

 parison is of considerable interest. 



CROP. 



INCREASE PER CENT. 



From the above table it will be noticed that turnips, peas, rye 

 grass and clover benefited by the watering ; upon the other crops 

 Professor Lemstrom considered it had an injurious effect. He 

 further observed that with turnips and sugar beet the excess of 

 leaves was equal to that of roots, while with mangold it was 

 different, and the stalks of the peas and beans were far more 

 developed than the fruit. 



In Germany the results of trials in 1903 varied somewhat in 

 comparison with the previous year's trial. The increased per- 

 centage of barley was considerably more, in that of potatoes less. 

 In Sweden, owing to rain and irregularities in the working of the 

 apparatus the trial was scarcely a fair one, but in spite of that 

 there was a percentage of 19.5 on the rye and the quality of the 

 corn upon analysis was improved. The following table of the 



