SEED INSPECTION. 29 



Analysis of seeds. 1906. 



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p,S Source of Sample, and Character, Kind *j^ — « 



g g and Number of Foreign Seeds in one ^"O £+j E'O 



a Pound.f j? S eg r °S 



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



763*Swan & Sibley, Belfast, November 1, 1906.. 97.5 .3 2.2" 



Harmless, — Timothy, 6,500; white clover, 

 3,500; alsike clover, 2,000. Noxious, — ■ 

 Bitter dock, 1,000; goosefoot, 600; may- 

 weed, 600; green foxtail, 500; rugel's 

 plantain, 400; bracted plantain, 100; sedge 

 sp., 100; five finger, 100; lady's thumb, 

 100; catnip, 200; blue vervain, Canada 

 thistle, ribgrass, yellow foxtail, knot 

 grass, sheep sorrel, bull thistle. 



725*W. R. Ward, China, April 25, 1906 83.6 2.5 13.9' 



Harmless, — Timothy, 35,500; white clover, 

 25,900; alsike clover, 18,300; alfalfa, 500; 

 redtop, 700. Noxious, — Green foxtail, 

 10,300; sheep sorrel, 1,900; dock sp., 1,800; 

 ribgrass, 1,400; plantain, 1,200; goosefoot, 

 1,300; witch grass, 1,100; slender crab- 

 grass, 800; lady's thumb, 500; night- 

 flowering catchfly, 800; common chick- 

 weed, 300; five finger, 300; arrow-leaved 

 tear-thumb, 400; blue vervain, 400; 

 charlock, 300; catnip, 200; tarweed, 100: 

 dandelion, 100; crabgrass, 100; wormseed 

 mustard, 100; sedge sp., 100; tumble- 

 weed, 100; Canada thistle, 100; mayweed, 

 Amcinckia Borage family, intermedia, 

 pepper grass, black medick, field pepper 

 grass, penny cress. 



757*E. W. Walker, Houlton, May 19, 1906 97.8 .3 1.9 



Harmless, — Timothy, 3,000; alsike clover, 

 10,100; white clover, 1,100. Noxious, — 

 Witch grass, 300; rugel's plantain, 300; 

 sheep sorrel, 300; slender crabgrass, 200; 

 tumbleweed. 100; mayweed, 100; dock sp.,' 

 100; green foxtail, night-flowering catch- 

 fly, goosefoot, ribgrass, yellow foxtail, 

 crabgrass. 



753*E. W. Walker, Houlton, April 19, 1906 96.9 .6 2.5 



Harmless, — Timothy, 3,600; alsike clover. 

 10,900; white clover, 3,500; alfalfa, 200. 

 Noxious, — Dock sp., 400; slender crab- 

 grass, 300; ribgrass, 200; rugel's plantain, 

 200; goosefoot, 200; green foxtail, 200: 

 sheep sorrel, 200; mayweed, 100; bracted 

 plantain, 100; night-flowering catchfly, 

 100; witch grass, pepper grass, yellow 

 foxtail, heal-all. 



749*E. W. Walker, Houlton, May 19, 1906 94.7 .7 4.£ 



Harmless, — Timothy, 12,900: white clover, 

 10,300; alsike clover, 10,500; redtop, 100. 

 Noxious, — Rugel's plantain, 1,400; green 

 foxtail, 2,000; sheep sorrel, 900; slender 

 crabgrass, 500; ribgrass, 400; goosefoot, 

 300; witch grass, 200; heal-all, 100; dock 

 sp., 100; catnip, 100; lady's thumb, 100; 

 mayweed, 100; night-flowering catchfly, 

 pepper grass, crabgrass, hedge mustard, 

 tumbleweed, bracted plantain, blue ver- 

 vain, Canada thistle, common 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. 



