28 MAINS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I907. 



Analysis of seeds. 1906. 



p^ Source of Sample, and Character, Kind +j^ .,-, oj 



cc and Number of Foreign Seeds in one "O £ ft-y S^ 



S§ Pound.f 8f» eg £$ 



BED CLOVER — Continued. Per ct. Per ct. Per ct. 



rel, 2,400; rugel's plantain, 2,100; witch 

 grass, 1,200; goosefoot, 800; night-flower- 

 ing catchfly, 400; tumbleweed, 300; rib- 

 grass, 300; mayweed, 200; hedge mustard, 

 100; yellow foxtail, 100; sedge sp., 100; 

 slender crabgrass, 100; dock sp., crab- 

 grass, blue vervain, Canada thistle, com- 

 mon chickweed, lady's thumb, heal-all, 

 catnip, bracted plantain, pepper grass. 



563 M. C. Smith, Presque Isle, April 5, 1906 89.9 .8 9.3 



Harmless, — Timothy, 32,700; white clover, 

 18,200; alsike clover, 19,500; redtop, 200. 

 Noxious, — Rugel's plantain, 3,60u; sheep 

 sorrel, 3,100; green foxtail, 2,500; slender 

 crabgrass, 1,200; witch grass, 600; rib- 

 grass, 400; black medick, 200; goosefoot, 

 200; mayweed, 100; yellow foxtail, 100; 

 blue vervain, 100; night-flowering catch- 

 fly, 100; dock sp., 100; tumbleweed, crab- 

 grass, lady's thumb, knot-grass, evening 

 primrose, pepper grass, bracted plantain, 

 American pennyroyal, hedge mustard, Ave 

 finger, Canada thistle. 



562 M. C. Smith, Presque Isle, April 5, 1906 99.6 .1 .3 



Harmless, — Timothy, 500; alsike clover, 

 500; alfalfa, 100; white clover, 100. 

 Noxious, — Dock sp., 100; green foxtail, 

 100; rugel's plantain, night-flowering 

 catchfly, goosefoot, lady's thumb, bull 

 thistle. 



659 Swan & Sibley, Belfast, April 12, 1906 88.2 2.8 9.0 



Harmless, — White clover, 27,200; timothy, 

 11,600; alsike clover, 10,500. Noxious, — 

 Sheep sorrel, 6,900; green foxtail, 4,000; 

 rugel's plantain, 3,700; witch grass, 1,600; 

 plantain, 1,400; ribgrass, 1,100; slender 

 crabgrass. 1,100; spurge, 800; pigweed, 

 700; bitter dock, 500; goosefoot, 400; 

 night-flowering catchfly, 400; nightshade, 

 400; pepper grass, 300; yellow foxtail, 

 200; crabgrass, 200; blue vervain, 100; 

 bracted plantain, 100; evening primrose, 

 100; Canada thistle, 100; lady's thumb, 

 mayweed, heal-all, rag-weed. 



762*Swan & Sibley, Belfast, November 1, 1906.. 98.5 .2 1.3 



Harmless, — Timothy, 3,200; alsike clover, 

 2,800; white clover, 1,200. Noxious, — 

 Green foxtail, 700; lady's thumb, 400; 

 goosefoot, 200; sheep sorrel. 200; slender 

 crabgrass, 100; bitter dock, 100; may- 

 weed, 100; rugel's plantain, 100; ribgrass, 

 night-flowering catchfly, crabgrass, yel- 

 low foxtail, pepper grass, knot grass. 



761*Swan & Sibley, Belfast, November 1, 1906.. 99.4 .4 .2 



Harmless, — None. Noxious, — Green fox- 

 tail, 500; bitter dock, 200; ribgrass, 100; 

 rugel's plantain, lady's thumb, blue ver- 

 vain, smart weed. 



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



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



