Sept., 1917] 



RESULTS OF SEED TESTS, 1917 



SEED EXAMINATION, 1917 — Continued. 



Sam- 

 ple 

 No. 



952 



953 



954 



955 

 95e 



957 

 958 

 960 



961 



962 



Kind of Seed, Sender, and Kind and 



Number of Foreign Seeds Found 



in One Pound. 



963 

 964 



Red Clo\t;b 



Thompson & Hoague, Concord, N. H. Timothy, 

 19,980; Alsike, 11,700; Slieep Sorel, 19,440; 

 Foxtail, 1,800; Wild Buckwheat, 450; Smart- 

 weeds, 1,350; Pole Smartweeds, 540; Black- 

 seeded Plantain, 1,620; Lamb's Quarters, 

 1,620; Cinquefoil, 630; Alfalfa, 90; White 

 Clover, 720; Miscellaneous, 1,800. 



HtJNGAEIAN 



Thompson & Hoague, Concord, N. H. Mal- 

 low, 270; Smartweed, 90; Green Foxtail, 810; 

 Ragweed, 90. 



Red Top 



Thompson & Hoague, Concord, N. H. Cinque- 

 foil, 27,900; Yarrow, 26,100; BJaekseeded 

 Plantain, 13,500: Erigeron sp., 5,400; Scir- 

 pus sp., 3,150; Sleepy Catchfly, 1,350; Even- 

 ing Primrose, 450; Venus' looking-glass, 450; 

 Brown eyed Susan, 450; Rush, numerous; 

 Timothy, 13.09%; Poa sp., 6,750; Canada 

 Blue Grass, 4,500: Kentucky Blue Grass, 

 900; Red Clover, 450. 



Timothy 



Thompson & Hoague, Concord, N. H. Alsike, 

 3,600; Red Top, 450; Plantain, 1,125; Sheep 

 Sorrel, 225. 



Alsike 



Thompson & Hoague, Concord, N. H. Buck- 

 horn, 4,050; Sheep Sorrel, 3,600; Timo hy, 

 46,125; White Clover, 3,600; Rod Clover. 

 2,050; Yellow Foxtail, 225; Miscellaneous, 

 675. 



Corn (Eureka) 



Thompson & Hoague, Concord, N. H. 



Corn (Improved Learning) 



Thompson & Hoague, Concord, N. H. 



Japanese Millet 



Thompson & Hoague, Concord, N. H. Barnyard 

 Grass, 1,260; Ragweed, 2,430; Smartweeds, 

 180. 



Alfalfa 



Thompson & Hoague, Concord. N. H. Lamb's 

 Quarters, 270; Kentucky Blue Grass, 270; 

 Timothy, 2,160; Yellow Foxtail, 270; Pig- 

 weed, 90; Barnyard Grass, 450; Red Clover, 

 90; Alsike, 540; Unknown, 90. 



Red Top 



John B. Varick, Manchester, N. H. Rusli, nu- 

 merous; Sorrel, 3,600; Erigeron sp., 1,800: 

 Yarrow, 1,800; Wood sorrel, 900; Bracted 

 Plantain, 900; Venus' looking-glass, 1,350; 

 Woolly Panicum, 450; Mountninmint, 450; 

 Timothy, 2,250; Slender fescue grass, 450. 



Timothy (Pine Tree) 



John B. Varick, Manchester, N. H 



Timothy (Diirham) 



John B. Varick, Manchester, N. H. White 

 Clover, 450; Kentucky Blue Grass, 225. 



Purity. 



I Guar- 

 Found I an teed 



Germination. 



Found 



B 



68.5 



100 

 A 

 S 



B 



S 

 S 



S — Satisfactory. 

 A — Above. 

 B — Below. 



92 



98 



98 



91 



98 . 5 

 96.5 



99 



90 



91.2 



Guar- 

 anteed 



90 



92 



96 



90 



90 

 S 



S 



99.; 

 99.; 



97 

 90 



90 

 88 



96 

 95 



