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Tycaty}icnt apparently disadvantageous. 





Untreated 

 Seed . 



! 



Electrified j Gain or Loss due to 

 Seed. j Electrolytic Treatment. 



1 



Ca. 3002 Grain 

 Straw 



12 -0 



5y^ 



7*4 ! Loss of 38-3 percent. 



As there were only two pots in each set it is doubtful whether 

 differences below 10 per cent, possess any signihcance. Dif- 

 ferences below 5 per cent, are disregarded, as they are certainly 

 within the error of the experiment. 



These results are, perhaps, a little more favourable than tliose 

 obtained at Rothamsted, and they are also more favourable 

 than other results obtained. at Experimental Stations. They 

 do not, however, hold out any particular promise. Of the 

 seven different sets, two are apparently distinctly favourable : 

 four are doubtful. This, again, is not at all the kind of result 

 obtained with manures, and the result agrees with the results 

 obtained at Rothamsted in showing that the process, if it has 

 any value, belongs to the category of uncertain methods 

 of treatment which may or may not succeed in any given 

 case. 



Field Experiments, — As the pot experiments have shown so 

 httle promise, no field experiments have been made at Rotham- 

 sted. Some field experiments have, however, been made at 

 the South-Eastern Agricultural College, Wye, during the 

 season 191 8-1 9, by Mr. Lindsay Robb, w^ho has furnished 

 the following figures showing the yields per acre : — 











Gain 



Crop. 





Untreated 



Electrified 



due to 





Seed. 



Seed . 



Electrolytic 

 Treatment. 



Barley. 











Grain (saleable) 



. bush. 



33 75 



34 '73 



None. 



(light) . . 





7 



8 



None. 



Straw and chaff 



cwt. 



34 



33 



None. 



Oats (Abundance). 









Grain (saleable) 



. bush. 



38-12 



3^^-75 



None. 



(light) . . 





9 



7 



None. 



Straw and chaff 



cwt. 



30 



33 



None. 



Oats (Black Tartarian). 











Grain (saleable) 



. bush. 



33 



3473 



None. 



(light) . . 





8 



3 



None. 



Straw and chalt 



cwt. 



30 



30-3 



None. 



These results are quite in accordance with those of the pot 

 experiments. 



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