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COMMON WEEDS 



another sample in which 2j per cent was spurious 

 seed, there were more than 27,600 weed seeds. The 

 number of weed seeds sown to the acre would be 

 enormous, and having an equal chance with the crops 

 among which they grew, might be the cause of con- 

 siderable loss." l 



5. "The Board also communicated with Mr. D. D. 

 Williams of the Department of Agriculture, Aberystwyth, 

 who has acted as seed Analyst to County Councils in 

 South Wales for several years. In order to make a 

 thorough investigation, he wrote to a very large number 

 of his past students for samples of seeds. Half the 

 amount sent him was detained and analysed at the 

 College, and the other half was sent to the Aynsome 

 Seed-testing Station, Grange-over-Sands, in order to 

 obtain independent opinion on the samples sent. Mr. 

 Remington, the head of that institution, reported on the 

 first five samples of red clover sent as follows " : 2 - 



6. According to the Canadian Farmers Advocate, 3 a 

 chart supplied by the Department of Agriculture showed 

 that in samples of seeds found on sale in Ontario from 



1 Ann. Report. Intel. Div.> Bd. Agric., 1905, p. 37. 

 " Loc. at., p. 36. 8 February 9, 1905. 



