34 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I907. 



Analysis of seeds. 1906. 



ES 



Source of Sample, and Character, Kind 

 and Number of Foreign Seeds in one 

 Pound. + 





C 

 '7, w 



1=4 CO 



BEETOP — Continued. 



daisy, 400; shepherd's purse, 400; Ameri- 

 can wild mint, 400; night-flowering catch- 

 fly, 400; sorrel sp., 800; dandelion, 200; 

 moth mullein, 200; tumbleweed, 200; pep- 

 per grass, 200; blue vervain, 200; witch 

 grass. 



602 Sawyer & Gifford, Dover, April 7, 1906.... 

 Harmless, — Timothy, 16.5 per cent of 

 whole; red clover, 800; Kentucky blue 

 grass, 600; alsike clover, 400. Noxious, — 

 Five finger, 134,000; ergot, 41,200; yarrow, 

 7,400; rugel's plantain, 5,400; pepper 

 grass, 2,600; sedge sp., 1,600; yellow 

 daisy, 600; moth mullein, 600; mentha 

 canadensis, 600; shepherd's purse, 400; 

 sorrel, 400; catchfly, 400.; evening prim- 

 rose, 200; goosefoot, 200; dandelion, 200; 

 blue vervain, 200. 



606 Sawyer <fe Gifford, Dover, April 7, 1906.... 

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

 row, 8,800; white vervain, 2,400; common 

 chickweed, 400; witch grass, 200; plan- 

 tain, 200; sheep sorrel, 200; ergot, 67,600. 



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



Harmless, — Timothy, 13.2 per cent of 

 whole; Kentucky blue grass, 400. Nox- 

 ious, — Five finger, 41,200; ergot, 31,000 

 yarrow, 13,200; plantain, 2,600; moth 

 mullein, 2,000; shepherd's purse, 1,000 

 American wild mint, 400; pepper grass 

 400; dandelion, 200; mouse-ear chickweed 

 sedge sp., 5,600. 



660 Swan & Sibley, Belfast, April 12, 1906 



Harmless, — Timothy, 9 . 3 per cent of 

 whole; alsike clover, 200; white clover, 

 200; Kentucky blue grass, 200. Nox- 

 ious, — Ergot, 9,000; yarrow, 6,600; five 

 finger, 4,400; sorrel, 2,000; plantain, 1,000; 

 mouse-ear chickweed, 400; witch grass, 

 400; moth mullein, 200; sedge, 600. 



TIMOTHY. (Phleum pratense.) 

 663 Belfast Grain Co., Belfast, April 12, 1906... 

 Harmless, — Redtop, 38000; Canadian blue 

 grass, 700;; white clover, 700; alsike 

 clover, 300; red clover, 100; alfalfa. 

 Noxious, — Five finger, 5200; rugel's plan- 

 tain, 1300; evening primrose, 800; ergot, 

 700; yellow daisy, 400; sedge sp., 400; 

 witch grass, 100 ; American wild mint, 

 100; goosefoot, tumbleweed, sheep sorrel, 

 blue vervain, green foxtail, pepper grass, 

 bitter dock. 



677 J. M. Bray & Son, Bucksport, April 13, 1906. 



Harmless, — Redtop, 15.400; white clover, 



1,700; alsike clover, 1,300; red clover, 500; 



Kentucky blue grass, 200. Noxious, — Five 



Per ct. Per ct. Per ct. 



70.1 



9.5 



20.4 



90.4 



73.3 



7.1 



12.1 



2.5 



14. S 



86.4 



3.5 



10.1 



9S.2 



.4 



1.4 



98.6 



1.0 



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



