24 ELECTRICITY IN AGRICULTURE 
The remaining plants gave no results, partly because this 
was their first year of growth, partly from other causes. 
The beans, for instance, were destroyed by night frosts. 
When, in considering these experiments, we take into 
account the imperfect cultivation of the soil and the late 
sowing, they show, in general, the same results as during 
the previous years’ experiments. 
The decreasing tendency of cabbage and peas has been 
observed before, and shows only that the watering has 
been too little, which was the case at the beginning of the 
experiment during the month of June. 
The experiments made in the year 1899 might, in general, 
be regarded as a preparation for the following year, 1900. 
As the growth was under the average, the consequence 
must be a low increase per cent., according to the law 
stated above. This had really been the case. Remember- 
ing that the electricity was applied only during 6°5 hours 
daily, we must regard the results as satisfactory. 
§7. The experiments were continued during the year 
1900, and were chiefly undertaken for the purpose of 
finding out the effect that electricity exercises during the 
night. ' 
As the wheat and rye were this year observed with special 
attention from the sowing onwards, we will devote to them 
a separate description. From 1899 there were in the fields 
gooseberries, currants, strawberries and clover, which, like 
the other squares, were manured. The fields were also 
thoroughly cultivated, beginning in the autumn of 1899. 
The sowing of barley and oats was done on May 3oth. 
” ” potatoes ” ” June 5th. 
is is carrots i 0 » 6th. 
55 3 beans and sugar beets ,, »  7th-8th. 
The germinating in the barley and oats squares began at 
the same time on both the experimental and the control 
fields. The germinating of sugar beets, carrots and potatoes 
occurred at the same time, and the flowering also was 
