MAINS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I907. 



Analysis of seeds. 1906. 



5S 



P„c Source of Sample, and Character, Kind 



g £ and Number of Foreign Seeds in one 



c3 P Pound. t 



■n c 



ii to 



+j * 



Ss 



ALSIKE — Continued. 



Canada thistle, 100; bitter dock, 100; 

 witch grass, 100; hedge mustard, 100; 

 pigweed, shepherd's purse, sedge sp., rib- 

 grass, yellow wood sorrel. 

 712 R. B. Dunning Co., Bangor, April 24, 1906.. 

 Harmless, — Timothy, 6,200; white clover, 

 5,900; red clover, 800. Noxious, — Black 

 medick, 1,200; bitter dock, 300; sheep sor- 

 rel, 200; green foxtail, 100; pigweed, 100; 

 rugel's plantain, 100; hedge mustard, 100; 

 goosefoot, lady's thumb. 



631 G. A. Dustin Co., Dexter, April 9, 1906 



Harmless, — Timothy, 50,900; white clover, 

 23,200; red clover, 2,100; Kentucky blue 

 grass, 400. Noxious, — Black medick, 1,800; 

 sheep sorrel, 5,100; night-flowering catch- 

 fly, 2,300; hedge mustard, 1,000 wormseed 

 mustard, 300; Canada thistle, 100; bitter 

 dock, ribgrass, green foxtail, goosefoot, 

 pigweed, Borage family, amsinckia inter- 

 media. 



Per ct. Per ct. Per ct. 



97.0 



90.1 



1.2 



1.1 



9.4 



673 Ben D. Field, Belfast, April 12, 1906 



Harmless, — Timothy, 8.1 per cent of whole; 

 white clover, 10,600; red clover, 5,900; 

 Kentucky blue grass, 3,700; redtop, 2,000; 

 suckling clover, 300. Noxious, — Plantain, 

 2,200; sheep sorrel, 2,700; black medick, 

 2,100; night-flowering catchfly, 900; hedge 

 mustard, 900; bitter dock, 800; five finger. 

 700; goosefoot, 500; witch grass, 300 

 sedge sp., 200; mouse-ear chickweed, 400 

 mayweed, 200; Canada thistle, 100; slen 

 der crabgrass, 100; ribgrass, 100; pepper 

 grass, 100; green foxtail, ox-eye daisy, 

 heal-all, blue vervain, evening primrose, 

 dandelion. 



553 A. H. Fogg Co., Houlton, April 2, 1906 



Harmless, — Timothy, 48,800; alfalfa, 1,000; 

 red clover, 200; redtop, 100. Noxious,— 

 Night-flowering catchfly, 1,200; common 

 chickweed, 900; sheep sorrel, 800: dock 

 sp., 400; goosefoot, 300; plantain, 200; 

 stringing nettle, 100; green foxtail 100; 

 pepper grass, 100; hedge mustard, witch 

 grass, bull thistle. 



550 A. H. Fogg Co., Houlton, April 2, 1906 



Harmless* — Timothy, 20,300; red clover; al- 

 falfa. Worious, — Night-flowering catchfly, 

 900; pepper grass, heal-all, sheep sorrel, 

 mayweed, hedge mustard. 



713* G. H. Freeman Co., Presque Isle. Apr. 26, '06, 

 Harmless, — Timothy, 16,000; red clover, 600; 

 alfalfa, 500; redtop. Noxious, — Night- 

 flowering catchfly, 1,300; sheep sorrel, 

 200; hedge mustard, 100; goosefoot, bull 

 thistle. 



85.6 



2.5 



11.9 



94.5 



.6 4.9 



97.2 



97.9 



.5 2.3' 



.1 2.0 



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



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





