20 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I907. 



Analysis of seeds. 1906. 



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Source of Sample, and Character, Kind 

 and Number of Foreign Seeds in one 

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RED CLOVER — Continued. 



grass, 4000; bitter dock, 3000; sheep sor- 

 rel, 1800; Canada thistle, 900; ru gel's 

 plantain, 900; night-flowering catchfly 

 700; lady's thumb, 600; goosefoot, 500 

 field pepper grass, 400; black medick, 300 

 ragweed, 200; witch grass, 100; heal-all 

 100; charlock, 100; slender crabgrass, 100 

 knot grass blue vervain, mayweed, ox-eye 

 daisy, chicory, hairy stick seed. 



552 A. H. Fogg Co., Houlton, April 2, 1906 96.8 



Harmless, — Timothy, 6800; alsike clover, 

 1800; white clover, 900. Noxious, — Green 

 foxtail, 3800; ribgrass, 600; lady's thumb, 

 200; rugel's plantain, 300; bull thistle, 

 100; mayweed, 100; goosefoot, 100; arrow- 

 leaved tear-thumb, 100; dock sp., night- 

 flowering catchfly; slender crabgrass, 

 stringing nettle, hairy stick seed. 



549 A. H. Fogg Co., Houlton, April 2. 1906 99.5 



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

 Noxious, — Rugel's plantain, 100; green 

 foxtail, 400; sheep sorrel, ragweed, dock 

 sp., night-flowering catchfly, slender crab- 

 grass. 



571 G. H. Freeman Co., Presque Isle, April 5, 1906. 96.9 

 Harmless, — Timothy, 7,100; alsike clover, 

 3200; redtop, 200. Noxious, — Night-flower- 

 ing catchfly, 1,200; sheep sorrel, 900; 

 Canada thistle, 200; evening primrose, 100; 

 bull thistle, 100; ox-eye daisy, corn 

 spurry, dandelion. 



717*G. H. Freeman Co., Presque'lsle, April 26, 1906 88.2 

 Harmless, — Timothy, 42800; alsike clover, 

 23900; white clover, 18300. Noxious, — 

 Green foxtail, 2300; witch grass, 1200; 

 sheep sorrel, 1400; rugel's plantain, 1200; 

 goosefoot, 800; ribgrass, 500; night-flow- 

 ering catchfly, 300; hedge mustard, 300; 

 slender crabgrass, 200; common chick- 

 weed, 200; catnip, 100; tumbleweed, 100; 

 dock sp., mayweed, lady's thumb, bull 

 thistle, bracted plantain. 



714*G. H. Freeman Co., Presque Isle, April 26, 



1906 99.4 



Harmless, — Timothy, 200. Noxious, — Green 

 foxtail, 500; ribgrass, lady's thumb, 

 tumbleweed. 



Per ct. Per ct. Per ct. 



2.4 



.3 



1.0 2.1 



1.4 10.4 



.4 .2 



591 French & Elliott, Guilford, April 7, 1906... 

 Harmless, — Timothy, 13000; white clover, 

 7,100; alsike clover, 5,500; alfalfa, 200, 

 Kentucky bluegrass. Noxious, — Rugel's 

 plantain, 22,200; ribgrass. 4,700; green 

 foxtail, 4,100; lady's thumb, 1,600; black 

 medick, 800; sheep sorrel, 3,000; goosefoot 

 1,000; bracted plantain, 500; dock sp., 700 

 slender crabgrass, 800; witch grass, 500 

 crabgrass, 600; blue vervain, 400; pigweed, 



86.4 



4.0 



9.6 



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



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



