SEED INSPECTION. 17 



Analysis of seeds. ipo6. 



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o,£j Source of Sample, and Character, Kind . .,_,« 



fig and Number of Foreign Seeds in one £'d fe*> 



§p Found.f sg g* 



MAMMOTH CLOVER — Continued. Per ct. Per ct. Per ct. 



100; mayweed, 200; common chickweed, 

 100; smart weed, 100; witch grass, 100; 

 catnip, pigweed, chicory. 



566 M. C. Smith, Presque Isle, April 5, 1906 99.8 .1 .1 



Harmless, — Timothy, 200; white clover, 

 200; alsike, alfalfa. Noxious, — Green fox- 

 tail, 100; witch grass, 100; dock sp., sheep 

 sorrel, 100; ribgrass, goosefoot. 



758*E. W. Walker, Houlton, May 19, 1906 96.7 .1 3.2 



Harmless, — Alsike clover, 17,700; timothy, 

 5,200; white clover, 1,400; alfalfa, 700. 

 Noxious, — Goosefoot, 300; dock sp., 300; 

 sheep sorrel, 100; night-flowering catchfly, 

 green foxtail, rugel's plantain, mouse-ear 

 chickweed, mayweed, lady's thumb, rib- 

 grass, heal-all, yellow foxtail, pepper 

 grass, wild turnip. 



756*E. W. Walker, Houlton, May 19, 1906 99.4 .2 .4 



Harmless, — Timothy, 400; alsike clover, 

 300. Noxious, — Green foxtail, 500; dock 

 sp., 200; sheep sorrel, 100; blue vervain, 

 goosefoot, night-flowering catchfly, yellow 

 foxtail. 



751*E. W. Walker, Houlton, May 19, 1906 94.3 13 4 4 



Harmless, — Timothy, 15,100; white clover, 

 12,600; alsike clover, 6,400. Noxious, — 

 Rugel's plantain, 2,700; green foxtail, 

 1,100; sheep sorrel, 600; slender crabgrass, 

 500; witch grass, 400; yellow foxtail, 300; 

 mayweed, 300; ribgrass, 200; tumbleweed, 

 200; Canada thistle, 200; dock sp.. 200; 

 dandelion, 100; goosefoot, 100; crabgrass, 

 100; pale persicaria; 100; night-flowering 

 catchfly, blue vervain, mouse-ear chick- 

 weed, evening primrose, hedge mustard, 

 lady's thumb, five finger, heal-all, bracted 

 plantain, knot grass, pepper grass, penny 

 cress. 



RED CLOVER. (Trifolium pratense.) 

 664 Belfast Grain Co., Belfast, April 12, 1906... 93.8 .6 5.6 



Harmless, — Alsike clover, 22,500; timothy, 

 6,200; white clover, 2,900. Noxious,- — 

 Green foxtail, 3,900; sheep sorrel, 1,000; 

 yellow foxtail, 200; goosefoot, 200; rib- 

 grass, 200; slender crabgrass, 200; knot- 

 grass, 100. Witch grass, night-flowering 

 catchfly, lady's thumb, bitter dock, rugel's 

 plantain, catnip, pig-weed, crabgrass, pep- 

 per-grass. 



678 J. M. Bray & Son, Bucksport, April 13, 1906, 95.0 1.6 3.4 



Harmless, — Alsike clover, 4800; timothy, 

 4900; white clover, 1100. Noxious, — 

 Ribgrass, 2800; rugel's plantain, 1800; 

 green foxtail, 2100; yellow foxtail, 800; 

 sheep sorrel, 700; witch grass. 500; bit- 

 ter dock, 300; lady's thumb, 200; bracted 



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



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



