SEED INSPECTION. 27 



Analysis of seeds. 1906. 



^p Source of Sample, and Character, Kind _,_,<!> ™ 



a a and Number of Foreign Seeds in one £"0 fe-H 2' 



§§ Pound.t PS C$ £ 



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



1,000; field pepper grass, 500; black 

 medick, 400; rugel's plantain, 400; may- 

 weed, 400; heal-all, 400; lady's thumb, 

 300; yellow foxtail, 300; witchgrass, 200; 

 Canada thistle, 200; hedge mustard, 100; 

 slender crabgrass, 100; blue vervain, 100; 

 night-flowering catchfly, smart weed, 

 hairy stick seed, pigweed, corn spurry, 

 pepper grass. 



545*Soule Bros., Buxton, April 7, 1906 93.9 1.9 4.2 



Harmless, — Timothy, 11,000; alsike clover, 

 2,400; alfalfa. Noxious, — Rugel's plan- 

 tain, 8,700; ribgrass, 1,400; dock sp., 800; 

 sheep sorrel, 500; black medick, 300; 

 Canada thistle, 200; slender crabgrass, 

 1,400; crabgrass, 500; mayweed, 400; 

 witch grass, 200; goosefoot, 200; night- 

 flowering catchfly, 100; heal-all, 200; 

 green foxtail, 900; field pepper grass, 

 600; yellow foxtail, 100; tumbleweed, 200; 

 lady's thumb, blue vervain, arrow-leaved 

 tear thumb, pepper grass, bracted plan- 

 tain, yellow daisy, prickly poppy. 



577 A. M. Smith, Presque Isle, April 5, 1906... 86.8 1.4 11.8 



Harmless, — Timothy, 44,700; alsike clover, 

 28,800; white clover, 25,400; alfalfa, 100. 

 Noxious, — Green foxtail, 1,600; sheep sor- 

 rel, 1,500; rugel's plantain, 1,100; witch 

 grass, 800; ribgrass, 500; dock sp., 400; 

 tumbleweed, 300; Canada thistle, 300; 

 goosefoot, 300; night-flowering catchfly, 

 200; hedge mustard, 200; slender crab- 

 grass, 100; mayweed, 100; heal-all, 100; 

 crabgrass, lady's thumb, yellow foxtail, 

 evening primrose, common chickweed, 

 blue vervain, bracted plantain, borage 

 family, catnip. 



575 A. M. Smith, Presque Isle, April 5, 1906.... 99.1 .4 .5 



Harmless, — Timothy, 500; alsike clover, 

 200. Noxious, — Green foxtail, 900; dock 

 sp., 100; field pepper grass, 100; lady's 

 thumb, 100; goosefoot, heal-all, knot 

 grass. 



565 M. C. Smith, Presque Isle, April 5, 1906 96.9 .4 2.7 



Harmless, — Timothy, 2,900; alsike clover, 

 11,500; white clover, 2,000; redtop, ±00. 

 Noxious, — Rugel's plantain, 900; green 

 foxtail, 1,100; sheep sorrel, 400; ribgrass, 

 300; night-flowering catchfly, 100; marsh 

 elder, 100; hedge mustard, dock sp., lady's 

 thumb, goosefoot, crabgrass, slender 

 crabgrass, witch grass, mayweed, heal-all. 



564 M. C. Smith, Presque Isle, April 5. 1906.... 86.3 1.6 12.1 



Harmless, — Timothy, 44,500; alsike clover, 

 27,500; white clover, 23,900; alfalfa, 500. 

 Noxious, — Green foxtail, 2,000; sheep sor- 



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



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



