SEED INSPECTION. 35 



Analysis of seeds. 1906. 



p^a Source of Sample, and Character, Kind w « S^ 



c a and Number of Foreign Seeds in one £'6 >■<+> 2*d 



oj 3 Pound. t r- v a 2 r ° m 



TIMOTHY — Continued. Per ct. Per ct. Per ct. 



finger, 1000; sheep sorrel, 600; pepper 

 grass, 500; yellow daisy, 500; rugel's plan- 

 tain, 500; evening primrose, 200; sedge 

 sp., 100; ergot, 100; goosefoot, green 

 foxtail, crabgrass, ribgrass, hedge mus- 

 tard. 



693 A. M. Brown, Augusta, April 21, 1906 99.5 .3 .2 



Harmless, — Redtop, 7400; white clover, 800; 

 red clover, 200; alsike clover, 100; Ken- 

 tucky blue grass, 300. Noxious, — Five An- 

 ger, 1700; evening primrose, 400; rugel's 

 plantain, 400; sedge sp., 200; yellow 

 daisy, 200; blue vervain, 100; tumble 

 weed, 100; heal-all, ergot. 



619 F. J. Carsley, Dexter, April 9, 1906 96.2 1.0 2.8 



Harmless, — Redtop, 9300; alsike clover, 

 5500; white clover, 3700; redclover, 1500. 

 Noxious, — Hedge mustard, 7800; rugel's 

 plantain, 1700; five finger, 1500; goosefoot, 

 1200; mayweed, 900; pepper grass, 600; 

 evening primrose, 500; sheep sorrel, 500; 

 witch grass, 400; blue vervain, 200; 

 stringing nettle, 200; tumbleweed, 100; 

 ribgrass, 100; common chickweed, 100; 

 bull thistle, night-flowering catchfly, 

 heal-all, green foxtail, dock sp. 



618 F. J. Carsley, Dexter, April 9, 1906 98.5 .5 1.0 



Harmless, — Redtop, 9200; alsike clover, 

 3800; white clover, 900; red clover, 600. 

 Noxious, — Five finger, 2200; rugel's plan- 

 tain, 1500; evening primrose, 1200; yellow 

 daisy, 700; stringing nettle, 500; blue 

 vervain, 200; sheep sorrel, 100; tumble 

 weed, 100; witch grass, 100; pepper grass. 



697 C. M. Conant Co., Bangor, April 24, 1906... 99.3 .4 .3 

 Harmless, — Redtop, 1900; white clover, 400; 



Kentucky blue grass, 200; redclover. 

 Noxious, — Rugel's plantain, 3200; five 

 finger, 900; sedge sp., 600; witch grass, 

 400; crabgrass, 100; blue vervain, evening 

 primrose, goosefoot, yellow daisy, spurge, 

 sheep sorrel, pepper grass, green fox- 

 tail. 



698 C. M. Conant Co., Bangor, April 24, 1906.... 99.5 .3 .2 

 Harmless, — Redtop, 1200; white clover, 900; 



red clover, 300; alsike clover, 100; Ken- 

 tucky blue grass, 300. Noxious, — Ergot, 

 800; sedge sp., 200; five finger, 200; pep- 

 per grass, 100; green foxtail, bitter dock, 

 sheep sorrel. 



540*D. Decker & Son, Clinton, March 29, 1906... 92.6 2.3 5.1 



Harmless, — Redtop, 95100; white clover, 

 1600. Noxious, — Five finger, 8100; rugel's 

 plantain, 2900; evening primrose, 900; 

 yellow daisy, 700; sheep sorrel, 600; blue 

 vervain, 500; pepper grass, 400; stringing 



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



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



