SEE.D INSPECTION. 



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Analysis of seeds, ipoo. 



source of Sample, and Character, Kind 

 and Number of Foreign Seeds in one 

 Pound. t 





g. 



o ® 



SEDIOF — Continued. 



clover, 600; white clover. Noxious, — 

 Five finger, 39,000; yarrow, 20,800; ergot, 

 8,600; plantain, 2,000; moth mullein, 

 1,600; mouse-ear chickweed, 1,200; sorrel, 

 1,800; mentha canadensis, American wild 

 mint, 400; yellow daisy, 200; mayweed, 

 200; dandelion, 200; pepper grass, 200; 

 sedge sp., 200; green foxtail, hedge mus- 

 tard, shepherd's purse, blue vervain, 

 witch grass, ox-eye daisy. 



528 Kendall & Whitney, Portland, Feb. 20, 1906. 

 Harmless, — Timothy, 15 per cent of 

 whole. Noxious, — Five finger, 113,800; 

 plantain, 16,200; stringing nettle, 1,000; 

 careless weed, 400; witch grass, 200; blue 

 vervain, 800; pepper grass, 400; penny- 

 royal, 600; moth mullein, 600. 



692 Merrill Bros., Augusta, April 21, 1906 



Harmless, — Timothy, 6,000. Noxious, — 

 Ergot, 67,400; yarrow, 3,600; plantain, 

 400; five finger, 200. 



657 U H. Mosher, Unity, April 11, 1906 



Harmless, — Timothy, 13.1 per cent of 

 whole; alsike clover, 400; Kentucky blue 

 grass, 200. Noxious, — Five finger, 80,800; 

 ergot, 74,200; plantain, 7,800; yarrow, 

 5,600; witch grass, 1,200; pepper grass, 

 800; sorrel, 800; shepherd's purse, 600; 

 American wild mint, 400; yellow daisy, 

 400; moth mullein, 400; sedge sp., 400. 



742*Mt. Desert Nurseries, Bar Harbor, May 5, 



1906 



Harmless. — Timothy, 1,200. Noxious, — Yar- 

 row, 8,400; mint. 200; ergot, 31,600; five 

 finger. 



Per ct. Per ct. Per ct. 



May 5, 



Noxious, — 



plantain, 400; 

 ergot, 1,800; 



743*Mt. Desert Nurseries, Bar Haru 



1906 



Harmless, — Timothy, 8,600. 

 Yarrow, 4,800; mint, 1,200; 

 mouse-ear chickweed", 200; 

 pepper grass. 



544*Mt. Desert Nurseries, Bar Harbor, April 7, 



1906 



Harmless, — Timothy, 800. Noxious, — Yar- 

 row, 4,400; polygonum sp., 7.S00; common 

 chickweed, 1,200; ergot, 14,600. 



* Not an official sample. 



593 Sanders Bros. Co., Sangerville, April 7, 1906, 

 Harmless, — Timothy, 12.6 per cent of 

 whole. Kentucky blue grass, 600; white 

 clover, 200. Noxious, — Ergot, 65,400; five 

 finger, 64,800; rugel's plantain, 7,000; 

 yarrow, 5,600; sedge sp., 600; yellow 



f4 . 2 



83.1 



n.s 



6.2 



14.6 



19.6 



.3 



17.4 



96.8 



97.0 



96.8 



75.7 



2.3 



2.1 



2.1 



S.4 



1.1 



15.9 



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



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



