. Electrical news and engineering. se); King Ed-ward, lb. (153 and 117 per cent, increase); Summit. ). ( increase; per cent, decrease). With regard to the Summits grown on Plot C, it shouldbe noted that the supply wire from the shed to the dischargewire was passed over this ground, at a height of 8 ft. Other vegetables were grown, but, owing to late planting,no attempt was made to obtain comparative result. Peas,beans, white turnips, swedes, and beet did well; carrots andonions were very poor, both in quality and quantity. Greens did well, and it was noticeable that those u
. Electrical news and engineering. se); King Ed-ward, lb. (153 and 117 per cent, increase); Summit. ). ( increase; per cent, decrease). With regard to the Summits grown on Plot C, it shouldbe noted that the supply wire from the shed to the dischargewire was passed over this ground, at a height of 8 ft. Other vegetables were grown, but, owing to late planting,no attempt was made to obtain comparative result. Peas,beans, white turnips, swedes, and beet did well; carrots andonions were very poor, both in quality and quantity. Greens did well, and it was noticeable that those under electroculturewere not attacked Ijy caterpillar to the same extent as thoseunder natural control. No manure or fertilizer was used. The electrical equipment consisted of a 10 in. coil, withmercury break-current interrupter and Lodge valves, housedin a wooden shed, 25 yards from the plot, and an earth plateclose to the plot. No. 30 galvanized steel wires wereused for the discharge, placed 15 ft. apart and hooked to 7/16. A&C. Control Plots B. Electro-culture Plot D. Shed. E. Earth Plate. ScaleFtK)0 75 50 ZS 0 100 Feet. Fg. 1—Plan of Ground Used in. span wire attached to insulators, and the whole sup-ported by six poles. To each of the poles was fixed a wrought-iron bar, which enabled the discharge wire to be placed at anydistance from the ground between 2 ft. 6 in and 6 ft. 6 apparatus was supplied with 5 amperes at 310 volts ,wliich would maintain a spark 54 in. long, when an earth wirewas placed that distance from any part of the discharge net-work. At the commencement the discharge wire was placed asnear as possible to the ground, and, as the crop grew, raised Hours71- 6- 5 ■ n L 4- 3- J n If n r 1 ■ r nJ r u ^1 Fig. 2—Diagram showing hours per day discharge used to about 6 in. above the foliage. \\hen climate and other con-ditions allowed, the discharge was used from 6 to 8 6 to 8 daily, and during dull days between
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