261 



STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



TABLE VI.— SAMPLES OF SEED OF VERY POOR QUALITY 



Number . 



157— Unofficial, 1911. 



Kind of seed. 



Pure seed, per cent. . . , 

 Inert matter, per cent . 

 Other seed, per cent. . 



Noxious seeds . 



Alfalfa. 



85.2 



12.7 



2.1 



302— Unofficial. 1911. 



Alfalfa. 



91.0 

 8.1 

 0.9 



Cuscuta sp. — 



Small seeded dodder, 0.85 %. 

 Cuscuta sp. — 



Large seeded dodder, 91 per lb. 



Total noxious per cent . 



0.85% 



Other weed seeds. 



Salsola kali tenuifolia — 



Russian thistle, 2%. 

 Grindelia squarrosa — 



Gum weed, 273 per lb. 

 Chenopodium album — 



Lamb's quarters, 364 per lb. 



Chenopodium album — 



Lamb's quarters, 182 per lb. 

 Cirsiuin lanceolatum — 



Bull thistle, 182 per lb. 

 Lappula lappula — 



Stickseed, 273 per lb. 

 Amaranthus retroflexus — 



Rough pigweed, 91 per lb. 

 Polygonum convolvulus — 



Wild buckwheat, 182 per lb. 



Number. 



161— Official, 1911. 



374— Official, 1911. 



Kind of seed. 



Pure seed, per cent . . . 

 Inert matter, per cent . 

 Other seed, per cent. . , 



Red clover. 



83.9 



1.4 



14.7 



Red clover. (Medium) 



77.5 



0.5 



22.0 



Noxious seeds . 



Total noxious, per cent. 



Plant ago lanceolata — 



Buckhorn, 8.1 %. 

 Plantago rugelii — 



Rugel's plantain, 12.2%. 



20.3% 



Other weed seeds . 



Chaetochloa viridis — 

 Green foxtail, 14.7%. 



Timothy grass 1.7%. 



