10 M>raS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I907. 



Analysis of seeds. 1906. 



p„q Source of Sample, and Character, Kind . ^aj •« ra " 



Sfi and Number of Foreign Seeds in one S^d £*-> S'Q 



cd 3 Found. f ? © c 5 °e 



SIC -M w m C ■*( to 



ALSIKE — Continued. Per ct. Per ct. Per ct. 



hedge mustard, 200; shepherd's purse, 

 200; ribgrass, 100; Canada thistle, 100; 

 green foxtail, 100; mayweed, 100; bitter 

 dock, common chickweed, sedge sp., heal- 

 all, witch grass, slender crabgrass, pig- 

 weed, ox-eye daisy, evening primrose. 



729* M. P. Moore, No. Anson, May 4, 1906 86.2 1.7 12.1 



Harmless, — White clover, 67,100; timothy, 

 39,300; red clover, 2,300; redtop, 100. 

 Noxious, — Sheep sorrel, 3,600; rugel's 

 plantain, 800; dock sp., 300; night-flower- 

 ing catchfly, 200: pepper grass, 200; witch 

 grass, 100; slender crabgrass, 100; goose- 

 foot, 100; ribgrass, 100; mayweed, green 

 foxtail, five finger. 



655 L. H. Mosher, Unity, April 11, 1906 90.0 1.1 8.9 



Harmless,- — Timothy, 81,800; white clover, 

 21,400; red clover, 300; Kentucky blue 

 grass, 600. Noxious, — Sheep sorrel, 900; 

 mouse-ear chickweed. 1,200; bitter dock, 

 500; five finger, 400; Canada thistle, 200; 

 witch grass, 100; night-flowering catchfly, 

 plantain, pepper grass, pigweed, common 

 chickweed, evening primrose, goosefoot, 

 hedge mustard, moth mullein, sedge sp., 

 dandelion. 



594 Sanders Bros. & Co., Sangerville, April 7, 



1906 S7.4 1.4 11.2 



Harmless, — Timothy, 77,500; white clover, 



35,000; red clover, 2,600; alfalfa, 500; 



Kentucky blue grass, 900. Noxious, — 



Sheep sorrel, 4,600; mouse-ear chickweed, 



1,200; rugel's plantain, 800; night-flower- 

 ing catchfly, 700; hedge mustard, 500; 



pepper grass, 500; goosefoot, 400; shep- 

 herd's purse, 300; dock, sp., 300; sedge 



sp.,, 200; lady's thumb, 100; five finger, 



100; common chickweed, 100; dandelion, 



100; witch grass, ribgrass, mayweed, 



evening primrose, Canada thistle, tumble- 

 weed, green foxtail, heal-all, slender 



crabgrass. 



603 Sawyer & Gifford, Dover, April 7, 1906 82.6 1.5 15.9 



Harmless, — Timothy. 9.7 per cent of whole; 



white clover, 28,500; red clover, 7,500; 



alfalfa, 2,200; redtop, 4,800; Kentucky 



blue grass, 200. Noxious, — Mouse-ear 



chickweed, 4,300; plantain, 3,500; sheep 



sorrel, 4,600; pepper grass, 1,400; dock sp., 



1,100; night-fiowering catchfly, 1,100; 



sedge sp., 700; hedge mustard, 700; worm- 

 seed mustard, 700; five finger, 500; witch 



grass, 300; goosefoot, 300; shepherd's 



purse, 300; ribgrass, 200; catnip, 200; 



green foxtail. 200; common chickweed, 



100; mayweed, 100: yellow .rocket, 300; 



heal-all. Canada thistle, lady's thumb, 



pigweed. 



* Not an official sample. 



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



