26 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I907. 



Analysis of seeds. ipo6. 



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RED CLOVES — Continued. 



Sheep sorrel, 1,200; rug-el's plantain, 

 2,600; green foxtail, 2,200; goosefoot, 

 1,600; slender crabgrass, 1,500; night- 

 flowering catchfly, 1,100; dock sp., 700; 

 ribgrass, 700; lady's thumb, 500; pepper 

 grass, 300; witch grass, 200; mayweed, 

 200; smart weed, 100; sedge sp., 100; 

 Canada thistle, 100; dandelion, 100; 

 bracted plantain, crabgrass, tumbleweed, 

 hedge mustard, catnip, evening primrose, 

 five finger, hairy stick seed, yellow fox- 

 tail. 



719*Sawyer & Gifford, Dover, April 27, 1906. . . . 

 Harmless, — Timothv, 11,200; white clover, 

 20,100; alsike clover, 10,400. Noxious, — 

 Rugel's plantain, 6,200; night-flowering 

 catchfly, 1,300; green foxtail, 7,200; sheep 

 sorrel, 4,200; ribgrass, 600; witch grass, 

 500; tumbleweed, 400; goosefoot, 400; 

 dock, sp., 400; lady's thumb, 200; slender 

 crabgrass, 200; mayweed, 100; black 

 medick, 100; knot-grass, 100; crabgrass, 

 bracted plantain, bull thistle. 



583 John Scales, Guilford, April 7, 1906 



Harmless, — Alsike clover, 70,100; timothy, 

 22,600; white clover, 17,800; Kentucky 

 blue grass, 300; redtop, 100. Noxious, — 

 Green foxtail, 3,000; yellow foxtail, 200; 

 rugel's plantain, 1,900; goosefoot, 1,300; 

 sheep sorrel, 1,000; lady's thumb, 600; 

 ribgrass, 800; slender crabgrass, 1,100; 

 dock sp., 800; night-flowering catchfly, 

 600; blue vervain, 400; witch grass, 300; 

 pepper grass, 300; hedge mustard, 200; 

 Canada thistle, 200; knot grass, 100; heal- 

 all, 100; mouse-ear chickweed, 100; may- 

 weed, 100; catnip, 100; pigweed, bracted 

 plantain, charlock, ox-eye daisy, crab- 

 grass, yellow-wood sorrel, evening prim- 

 rose. 



640 F. B. Shaw, Corinna, April 10, 1906 



Harmless, — Timothy, 14,700; white clover 

 5,000; alsike clover, 6,100; Kentucky blue 

 grass. Noxious, — Rugel's plantain. 9,100 

 ribgrass, 2,500; witch grass, 2,000; slen- 

 der crabgrass, 1,300; green foxtail, 1,100 

 sheep sorrel, 900; spurge, 800; pigweed 

 600; bracted plantain, 200; bitter dock 

 200; crabgrass, 100; goosefoot, 100; lady's 

 thumb, 100; blue vervain, yellow foxtail 

 black medick, mayweed, pepper grass 

 Canada thistle, night-flowering catchfly 

 heal-all. 



Per ct. Per ct. Per ct. 



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1.5 



83.7 



2.1 



14.2 



91.5 



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627 S. L. Small, Dexter, April 9, 1906 



Harmless, — Timothv, 8,000; alsike clover, 

 9,700; white clover, 2,400; alfalfa, 300. 

 Noxious, — Bitter dock, 3,800; ribgrass, 

 1,800; sheep sorrel, 1,200; green foxtail, 



92.9 



1.6 



5.5 



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



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



