SEED INSPECTION. 



Analysis of seeds. 1906. 



SS 



72 H 



Source of Sample, and Character. Kind 

 and Number of Foreign Seeds in one 

 Pound. t 



3h to 





ALSIKE CLOVEK. (Trifolium hybridum.) 

 666 Belfast Grain Co., Belfast, April 12, 1906... 



Harmless, — Timothy, 66,800; white clover, 

 37,200; red clover, 1,200; Kentucky blue 

 grass, 100; redtop, 100; Noxious, — Sheep 

 sorrel, 5,400; black medick, 2,100; mouse- 

 ear chickweed, 3,000; night-flowering 

 catchfly, 1,600; plantain, 700; bitter dock, 

 600, pepper grass, 400; hedge mustard, 

 300; shepherd's purse, 300; mayweed, 200; 

 sedge sp., 100; five finger, 100; evening 

 primrose, 100; ribgrass, Canada thistle, 

 witch grass, catnip. 



694 A. M, Brown, Augusta, April 21, 1906 



Harmless, — Timothy, 8.3 per cent of whole 

 white clover, 16,200; red clover, 5,100 

 redtop, 1,200; Canadian blue grass, 6,000 

 suckling clover, 300. Noxious, — Sheep 

 sorrel, 5,600; night-flowering catchfly, 

 3,500; black medick, 1,400; rugel's plan- 

 tain, 1,700; hedge mustard, 1,000; five 

 finger, 900; mouse-ear chickweed, 700; ox- 

 eye daisy, 400; evening primrose, 300; 

 bitter dock, 300; goose foot, 300; shep- 

 herd's purse, 200; slender crabgrass, 100; 

 American wild mint, mentha canadensis, 

 100: heal-all, 100; lady's thumb, 100; 

 green foxtail, 100; field pepper grass, 100; 

 ergot, 100; ribgrass, 100; Canada thistle, 

 100; mayweed, pepper grass, dandelion, 

 pigweed, moth mullein, sow thistle. 



616 F. J. Carsley, Dexter, April 9, 1906 



Harmless, — Timothy, 12.3 per cent of whole. 

 Redtop, 12,200; red clover, 2,700; alfalfa, 

 300. Noxious, — Sheep sorrel, 20,100 ; plan- 

 tain, 2,900; night-flowering catchfly, 2,200; 

 common chickweed, 1.200; mayweed, 900; 

 five finger, 900; goosefoot, 800; green fox- 

 tail, 700; dock sp., 600; stringing nettle, 

 500; pepper grass, 300; witch grass, 300; 

 slender crabgrass, 200; ribgrass, 100; cat- 

 nip, 100; evening primrose, 100; bull this- 

 tle, 100: wormseed mustard, 500; hedge 

 mustard, 1,000; ox-eye daisy, tumble weed. 



700 C. M. Conant Co., Bangor, April 24, 1906. . . . 

 Harmless, — Timothy, 3,600; white clover, 

 3,000; red clover, 800. Noxious, — Sheep 

 sorrel, 200; mayweed, 100; bitter dock, 

 100; green foxtail, goosefoot, witch grass, 

 crabgrass. 



708 R. B. Dunning & Co., Bangor, April 24, 1906, 

 Harmless, — Timothy. 7 per cent of whole; 

 white clover, 44,600; red clover, 3,300; 

 suckling clover, 300; Kentucky blue grass, 

 200. Noxious, — Sheep sorrel, 14.100: night- 

 flowering catchfly, 600; rugel's plantain, 

 400; black medick, 300: mouse-ear chick- 

 weed, 300; mayweed, 200; green foxtail, 

 200; common chickweed, 200; Ave finger, 

 200; goosefoot, 200; pepper grass, 100; 



Per ct. 

 87.6 



Per ct. 

 1.2 



Per ct. 

 11.2 



84.7 



2.1 



13.2 



80.7 



2.4 



16.9 



98.3 



84.5 



1.5 



1.0 



14.0 



* Sample sent by dealer. See statement on page 2. 



t No number is given if there were less than 100 seeds in one pound. 



