22 MAINE) AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I907. 



Analysis of seeds. 1906. 



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p,£ Source of Sample, and Character, Kind .,_, « 3?b 



gg and Number of Foreign Seeds in one ■a® «h+j g-o 



§3 Pound.f $s «^ 0$ 



RED CLOVER — Continued. Per ct. Per ct. Per ct. 



weed, 400; may-weed, 300; bitter dock, 

 300; ribgrass, 200; goosefoot, 200; pepper 

 grass, 200; bracted plantain, 100; crab- 

 grass, 100; american pennyroyal, 100; 

 spurge, 100; knot-grass, 100; lady's thumb, 

 blue vervain, Canada thistle, evening 

 primrose, yellow foxtail, heal-all, hairy 

 stick seed, chicory, common chickweed, 

 alfalfa. 



6S5 Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, April 21, 1906 99.1 .4 .5 



Harmless, — Hungarian grass, 1400; alsike 

 clover, 200; timothy. Noxious, — Night- 

 flowering catchfly, bitter dock, lady's 

 thumb. 



686 Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, April 21, 1906 89.6 1.6 8.8 



Harmless, — Alsike clover, 29800; white 

 clover, 17,000; timothy, 8500. Noxious, — 

 Green foxtail, 1900; yellow foxtail, 100; 

 night-flowering catchfly, 1500; rugel's 

 plantain, 700; sheep sorrel, 700; witch 

 grass, 500; ribgrass, 500; goosefoot, 400; 

 bitter dock, 200; slender crabgrass, 100;. 

 catnip, 100; lady's thumb, 100; black 

 medick, 100; may-weed, 100; pepper-grass, 

 100; spurge, 100; blue vervain, 100; sedge 

 sp., 100; canada thistle, tumble weed, 

 hairy stick seed, heal-all, knot grass, 

 bracted plantain. 



538*Geo. B. TTaskell Co., Lewiston, Mar. 24, 1906 97.3 **1.3 1.4 



. .Harmless, — Timothy, 100. Noxious, — Green 

 foxtail, 1300; chicory, 900; umbelliferae, 

 500; yellow foxtail, 200; canada thistle, 

 300; tar weed, 100; ribgrass, 700; black 

 medick, 200; sheep sorrel, 200; blue 

 vervain, 100; pale persicaria, 100; blue 

 weed, 100; goosefoot, 200; bee-plant, may- 

 weed, wild buckwheat, crane's bill, hedge , 

 mustard. 



683*Oscar Holway & Co., Auburn, April 21, 1906. 81.4 6.5 12.1 



Harmless, — Timothv, 23900; white clover, 

 9300; alfalfa, 400. Noxious, — Ribgrass, 

 7500; green foxtail, 6500; goosefoot, 3900; 

 sheep sorrel, 4200; night-flowering catch- 

 fly, 5000; dock sp., 800; lady's thumb, 

 800; heal-all, 1100; poverty weed, 1000; 

 blue vervain, 400; tumbleweed, 200; 

 rugel's plantain, 1300; mayweed, 200; 

 bull thistle, 200; witchgrass, 100; evening 

 primrose, 100; common purslane, 100; knot 

 grass, 200; stringing nettle, 200; slender 

 crabgrass, 100; hedge mustard, 400; 

 bracted plantain. 



537 Oscar Holway Co., Auburn, Feb. 28, 1906... 96.7 1.0 2.3 



Harmless, — Timothy, 2700; hungarian, 2300; 

 english rye grass, 100. Noxious, — Sheep 

 sorrel, 900; rugel's plantain, 400; bracted 



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



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

 **This analysis kept these goods out of Maine. 



