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The machine was at work about Io hours, mostly at night. 
By these experiments it is shown that the abnormal 
weather has exercised a fatal influence on the vegetation. 
SWEDEN. 
EXPERIMENTS IN ATVIDABERG, by Baron Theodore 
Adelsvard. Summer, 1902. 
Meslin (barley, oats, peas, &c.) an increase of 209 per cent. 
Beets (cattle food) 35 me 26°5 5 
Carrots Fe “s a 2°9 sak 
The machine worked here on an area of 3:40 ha. = 84 acres. 
As the insulated wire net in these experiments had a 
great extension, their signification with regard to the use 
and application of the method is very important; but 
the rainy and cold weather caused much damage, so 
that it was almost impossible to obtain sure results. The 
rain was so abundant that the ground here and there could 
not absorb all the water, and, in consequence, the vegetation 
showed an inequality which made the comparison of the 
two fields very uncertain. 
ENGLAND 
EXPERIMENTS .AT DURHAM COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, 
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. Summer, 1903. 
The results of these experiments were as under :— 
Date of har- -——-Crop per cent.—-—, Tops or straw percent. 
vest 1903. Crop. Watered. Unwatered. Watered. Unwatered. 
Oct. 16... Turnips ...... 990 «e495 992 ws B70 
» 16...Sugar Beets.. goo ... 496 ... 603... 66°6 
»» 13--- Mangels...... OZ sec BB 2 20°99... «= 398 
Sept. 22... Rape ......... 276... —20°8 — — 
» 8... Potatoes...... 30°38 www 6575 _— _— 
i 1B xis BEAS: cacatnain 28r 679 853s QUI 
» 21... Beans......... -§3 ..-120 .. 169 ... 25°3 
» Rye Grass...129°7) ... 9774... — = 
22...Clover ...... E353 sen BLO ess eer — 
July 4 | Strawberries..-&37 ... 384 ... = x — 
* Other plants which were under treatment could not be examined, and 
are, therefore, omitted. 
