 In the 1890s la Cour and Askov Folk High School became more concerned with material reality, in teaching as well as in action.La Cour again became an inventor and experimental physicist, working for the benefit of the rural areas, form where most of the students came.Denmark is blessed with a lot of wind, and at a time where electricity was about to be introduced in Denmark, la Cour felt that the wind should contribute to the electrification of the country.