l6 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1907. 



Analysis of seeds. 1906. 



a£! Source of Sample, and Character, Kind 



g g and Number of Foreign Seeds in one Sxi 



co 3 Pound. t j? $ 



w 4) 



MAMMOTH CLOVER — Continued. 



28,500; white clover, 2,500; alfalfa, 800. 

 Noxious, — Green foxtail, 8,000; dock sp., 

 1,700; goosefoot, 1,200; sheep sorrel, 1,200; 

 night-flowering catchfly, 700; ribgrass, 

 700; lady's thumb, 500; rugel's plantain, 

 500; witch grass, 300; slender crabgrass, 

 200; pigweed, 100; Canada thistle ,100; 

 knot-grass, 100; evening primrose, 100; 

 pepper grass, 100; hedge mustard, 100; 

 charlock, 100; blue vervain, mayweed, 

 heal-all, black medick, bull thistle, 

 meadow fescue. 



605 Sawyer & Gifford, Dover, April 7, 1906 



Harmless, — Timothy, 13,200; white clover, 

 9,000; alsike clover, 1,900. Noxious, — ■ 

 Green foxtail, 8,300; rugel's plantain, 

 8,100; sheep sorrel, 4,900; ribgrass, 900; 

 dock sp., 1,100; night-flowering catchfly, 

 600; slender crabgrass, 600; witch grass, 

 600; tumbleweed, 600; lady's thumb, 300; 

 goosefoot, 100; Canada thistle, 100; 

 bracted plantain, 100; mayweed, 100; 

 heal-all, 100; poverty weed, 100; hairy 

 stick seed, 100. 



747*Sawyer & Gifford, Dover May 17, 1906.. 

 Harmless, — Timothy, 5,100: white clover 

 1,100; alsike clover, 900. Noxious, — 

 Rugel's plantain, 4,300; ribgrass, 1,900 

 tumbleweed, 1,300; witch grass, 500; dock 

 sp., 400; crabgrass, 200; goosefoot, 200 

 sheep sorrel, 200; heal-all, 200; lady's 

 thumb, 100; slender crabgrass, 100; green 

 foxtail, 100; bracted plantain. 



601 Sawyer & Gifford, Dover, April 7, 1906 



Harmless, — Alsike clover, 34,700; timothy, 

 25,900; white clover, 5,000: alfalfa 500; 

 redtop, 100. Noxious, — Green foxtail, 

 5,300; goosefoot, 1,400; dock sp., 1,300; 

 sheep sorrel, 1,100; lady's thumb, 500; 

 slender crabgrass, 400; ribgrass, 300; 

 mayweed, 300; rugel's plantain, 300; witch 

 grass, 200; charlock, 100; tumbleweed, 

 100; common chickweed, 100; evening 

 primrose, 100; night-flowering catchfly, 

 100; Canada thistle, smart weed, blue 

 vervain, heal-all, sedge sp., yellow foxtail, 

 ragweed, field pepper grass, black medick. 



826 S. L. Small, Dexter, April 9, 1906 



Harmless, — Alsike clover, 15,100: timothy*, 

 13,500; white clover, 2,300; alfalfa, 200. 

 Noxious, — Sheep sorrel, 2,500; bitter dock, 

 3,700; ribgrass, 3,400; rugel's plantain, 

 1,100; green foxtail, 900; field pepper 

 grass, 600; Canada thistle, 600; goosefoot, 

 600; night-flowering catchfly, 300; black 

 medick, 300; yellow foxtail, 300; heal-all, 

 200; hairy stick seed, 200; lady's thumb, 



Per ct. Per 



Per ct. 



90.8 



2.0 



7.2 



95.9 



1.8 



2.3 



86.6 



2.3 



11.1 



90.6 



2.2 



7.2 



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



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



