SEED INSPECTION. 23 



Analysis of seeds. 1906. 



"p,p Source of Sample, and Character, Kind .,_,« if M - 



eg and Number of Foreign Seeds in one £"d «->« g-a 



§§ Pound.t - s8 S2 0$ 



02C -4 to m G fci to 



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



plantain, 200; ribgrass, 2800; common 

 chickweed, 600; compositae sp., 300; bitter 

 dock, 100; Canada thistle, 100; black med- 

 ick, 100; slender crabgrass, 500; goose- 

 foot, lady's thumb, sow thistle, cruciferae 

 sp. 



637 Ireland Bros. Co., Corinna, April 10, 1906... 86.8 2.3 10.9 



Harmless, — Timothy, 20900; alsike clover, 

 38300; white clover, 21500; kentucky 

 blue grass, 300; alfalfa, 100; redtop, 100. 

 Noxious, — Rugel's plantain, 1800; sheep 

 sorrel, 2200; green foxtail, 2100; goosefoot, 

 1600; bitter dock, 1200; ribgrass, 1000; 

 night-flowering catchfly, 900; slender 

 crabgrass, 800; mouse-ear chickweed, 

 400; witch grass, 300; black medick, 300; 

 yellow foxtail, 200; lady's thumb, 200; 

 pepper grass, 200; hairy stick seed, 200; 

 mayweed, 100; five finger, 100; spurge, 

 100; evening primrose, 100; Canada thistle, 

 100; smart-weed, 100; crabgrass, tumble- 

 weed, blue vervain, hedge mustard, cat- 

 nip, bracted plantain, ox-eye daisy, sedge 

 sp. 



653 Judkins & Gilman, Newport, April 4, 10, 1906 94.4 1.0 4.6 



Harmless, — Alsike clover, 18,000; timothy, 

 9800; white clover, 2200. noxious, — Rug- 

 el's plantain, 1800; bitter deck, 800; rib- 

 grass, 500; sheep sorrel, 500; green fox- 

 tail, 300; night-flowering catchfly, 300; 

 black medick, 200; may-weed, 100; goose- 

 foot, 100; bracted plantain, 100; evening 

 primrose, 100; witch grass, 100; hedge, 

 mustard, 100; catnip, 100; Canadian blue 

 grass, lady's thumb, canada thistle, heal- 

 all, hairy stick seed, yellow foxtail, smart 

 weed, ox-eye daisy, blue vervain, slender 

 crabgrass. , 



519 Kendall & Whitney, Portland, Feb. 20, 1906. 99.6 1 3 



Harmless, — Timothy, 500. Noxious, — Rug- 

 el's plantain, common chickweed, bitter 

 dock. 



623 C. P. McCrillis, Dexter, April 9, 1906 88.3 18 9 9* 



Harmless, — Timothy, 33100: white clover, 

 23200; alsike clover, 17000; alfalfa, 400. 

 Noxious, — Sheep sorrel, 6000; rugel's 

 plantain, 4400: green foxtail, 1800; witch 

 grass. 1200; night-flowering catchflv, 1200; 

 bitter dock, 800: goosefoot, 500; pig-weed, 

 300; slender crabgrass, 300; bracted plan- 

 tain, 300; blue vervain, 200: hedge mus- 

 tard, 200; evening primrose, 100; crab- 

 grass, 100; ribgrass, 100; ladv's thumb. 

 .100; pepper grass, 100; spurge. 300: Can- 

 ada thistle, mayweed, black medick, cat- 

 nip, heal-all, smartweed, hairy stick seed. 



612 A. J. McNaughton, Foxcroft, April 7, 1906.. 86 4 19 11 7 



Harmless, — Timothy, 42000: white clover 

 32700; alsike clover, 21300; alfalfa, 100. 



tNo number is given if there were less than 100 seeds in one pound. 



