24 MAINS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1907. 



Analysis of seeds. 1906. 



p.,2 Source of Sample, and Character, Kind . +,» .5?oi 



c g and Number of Foreign Seeds in one 2/d Jh+j £>o 



§5 Pound.f P$ g£ og 



BED CLOVES — Continued. Per ct. Per ct. Per ct. 



Noxious, — Rugel's plantain, 4900; sheep 

 sorrel, 5200; witch grass, 1900; green 

 foxtail, 1800; slender crabgrass, 900; 

 goosefoot, 500; night-flowering catchfly, 

 500; ribgrass, 300; bitter dock, 300; even- 

 ing primrose, 200; hedge mustard, 200; 

 crabgrass, 100; mayweed, 100; mouse-ear 

 chickweed, 100; blue vervain, 100; hore- 

 hound, 100; lady's thumb, tumbleweed, 

 Canada thistle, pigweed, bracted plantain, 

 pepper grass, pennyroyal, black medick, 

 catnip, corn spurry. 



691 Merrill Bros., Augusta, April 21, 1906 90.9 2.5 6.6 



Harmless, — Timothy, 12800; alsike clover, 

 10,000; white clover, 2,000; alfalfa, 600; 

 Kentucky blue grass. Noxious, — Green 

 foxtail, 2,900; bitter dock, 3,500; rugel's 

 plantain, 2,600; ribgrass, 2,300; sheep sor- 

 rel, 2,100; goosefoot, 700; slender crab- 

 grass, 700; Canada thistle, 400; field pep- 

 per grass, 400; black medick, 300; witch 

 grass, 200; night-flowering catchfly, 200; 

 nightshade, 200; lady's thumb, 200; char- 

 lock, 100; spurge, 100; knot-grass, 100; 

 evening primrose, 100; blue vervain, 100; 

 crabgrass, bracted plantain, heal-all, may- 

 weed, yellow foxtail, pig-weed, rag- 

 weed, crane's bill, corn gromwell. 



730*M. P. Moore, No. Anson, May 4, 1906 95.9 1.2 2.9 



Harmless, — Timothy, 8100; alsike clover, 

 2,400; white clover, 1,500. Noxious, — 

 Rugel's plantain, 4,000; ribgrass, 1,800; 

 green foxtail, 1,600; dock sp., 400; slander 

 crabgrass, 400; tumbleweed, 200; crab- 

 grass, 100; sheep sorrel, 300; catnip, 100; 

 flax, 100; goosefoot, witch grass, lady's 

 thumb, heal-all, yellow foxtail, blue ver- 

 vain, Canada thistle, mayweed, bracted 

 plantain, ragweed. 



.656 L. H. Mosher, Unity, April 11, 1906 88.0 1.0 11.0 



Harmless, — Timothy, 37,800; white clover, 

 18,900; alsike clover, 24,900; redtop, 300. 

 Noxious, — Sheep sorrel, 2700; rugel's 

 plantain, 3100; green foxtail, 2100; witch 

 grass, 2100; slender crabgrass, 900; rib- 

 grass, 800; goosefoot, 400; bitter dock, 

 300; spurge, 300; night-flowering catchfly, 

 200; crabgrass, 200; evening primrose, 

 100; lady's thumb, 100; bracted plan- 

 tain, yellow foxtail, blue vervain, pig- 

 weed, 'heal-all, hedge mustard, ragweed, 

 canada thistle, bull thistle, pepper grass, 

 catnip, may-weed, common chickweed, 

 mouse-ear chickweed. 



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



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



