MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I907. 



Analysis of seeds. 1906. 



p„Q Source of Sample, and Character, Kind 



g g and Number of Foreign Seeds in one *-a" 



cs a Pound. t a $ 



AISIKE — Continued. Per ct. Per ct. Per ct. 



flowering catchfly, 100; witch grass, 100; 

 common chickweed, ribgrass, green fox- 

 tail, catnip, tumble weed. 



559 Jas. H. Glenn, Caribou, April 4, 1906 93.9 1.0 5.1 



Harmless, — Timothy, 25,500; white clover, 

 19,400; alfalfa, 2,200; red clover, 900; red- 

 top, 100. Noxious, — Sheep sorrel, 700; 

 night-flowering catchfly, 600; rugel's plan- 

 tain, 400; witch grass, 100; mayweed, 

 100; pepper grass, 100; sedge sp., 100; 

 hedge mustard, 100; five finger, pigweed, 

 goosefoot, ribgrass, dock sp., green fox- 

 tail. 



732*H. N. Goodhue, Fort Fairfield, May 4, 1906, 93.7 .4 5.9 



Harmless, — Timothy, 14,600; white clover, 

 22,900; red clover, 2,000; alfalfa, 600. 

 Noxious, — Night-flowering catchfly, 4,900; 

 sheep sorrel, 200; green foxtail, 200; 

 green foxtail, 100; mayweed, 100; goose- 

 foot, 100; common chickweed, 100; dock 

 sp., Canada thistle, pigweed. 



737* H. N. Goodhue, Fort Fairfield, May 4, 1906, 97.0 .6 2.4 



Harmless, — White clover, 14,900; timothy, 

 4,200; red clover, 1,000; alfalfa. Nox- 

 ious, — Sheep sorrel, 300; dock sp., 200; 

 night-flowering catchfly, 200; goosefoot, 

 100; rugels plantain. 



646 J. E. Gray, Corinna, April 10, 1906 S3. 7 2.0 14.3 



Harmless, — Timothy, 81,300; white clover, 

 54,500; red clover, 3,800; redtop, 2,100; 

 Kentucky bluegrass, 2,100. Noxious, — 

 Sheep sorrel, 6,800; mouse-ear chickweed, 

 2,300; plantain, 1,900; black medick, 1,000; 

 night-flowering catchfly, l,0o0; pepper 

 grass, 800; sedge sp.,' 400; witch grass, 

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

 five finger, 200; mayweed, 200; hedge mus- 

 tard, 200; lady's thumb, 100; slender crab- 

 grass, 100; pigweed, 100; bitter dock, 100; 

 green foxtail, ribgrass, common chick- 

 weed, catnip, Canada thistle, ergot, heal- 

 all, penny cress. 



687 Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, April 21, 1906, 94.7 .5 4.8 



Harmless, — Timothy, 18,700; white clover, 

 18.900; red clover, 1,000. Noxious, — Night- 

 flowering catchfly, 1,300; black medick, 

 1,700; sheep sorrel, 1,400; goosefoot, 300; 

 hedge mustard, 200; catnip, 100; common 

 chickweed, 100; bitter dock, mayweed, ox- 

 eye daisy, Canada thistle, green foxtail, 

 pepper grass. 



535 Oscar Holway Co., Auburn, Feb. 28, 1906.. 87.6 1.4 11.00 



Harmless, — Timothy, 100,100; poa sp., 6,300. 

 Noxious, — Sheep sorrel, 17,200; menzies 

 pepper grass, 900; common chickweed, 

 1,200; compositae, 500; plantain, 9,100; 

 Canada thistle, 100; American pennyroyal, 



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



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



