44 MAINE) AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I907. 



Analysis of seeds. 1906. 



p,.q Source of Sample, and Character, Kind ^a •« to 



c a and Number of Foreign Seeds in one Jw Js-h 25 



d 3 Pound.y ? <d c 2 r ° <u 



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



wood sorrel, 100; blue vervain, green fox- 

 tail. 



770*Swan & Sibley, Belfast, November 1, 1906.. 97.9 1.2 .9 



Harmless, — Redtop, 7900; white clover, 

 1300; red clover, 800; alsike clover, 200; 

 Kentucky blue grass, 600. Noxious, — Five 

 finger, 3300; rugel's plantain, 2000; ergot, 

 1100; yellow daisy, 900; evening prim- 

 rose, 400; sedge sp., 300; goosefoot, 100; 

 pepper grass, 100; witch grass, 100; blue 

 vervain, hedge mustard, may weed, yel- 

 low wood sorrel, dandelion. 



771*Swan & Sibley, Belfast, November 1, 1906.. 97.0 1.0 2.0 



Harmless, — Redtop, 37,400; alsike clover, 

 2600; red clover, 1900; white clover, 900; 

 Canadian blue grass, 700. Noxious, — Five 

 finger, 4700; rugel's plantain, 1600; sedge 

 sp., 1200; evening primrose, 700; yellow 

 daisy, 700; plantain, 500; blue vervain, 

 300; ergot, 100; dandelion, 100; may weed, 

 100; pepper grass, green foxtail, goose- 

 foot. 



772*Swan & Sibley, Belfast, November 1, 1906.. 97.1 1.1 1.8 



Harmless, — Redtop, 36,400; alsike clover, 

 1,100; red clover, 500; white clover, 500; 

 Kentucky blue grass, 800. Noxious, — 

 Ergot, 3,700; five finger, 3,100; rugel's 

 plantain, 2,900; yellow daisy. 1,000; pep- 

 per grass, 600; sedge sp., 500; evening 

 primrose, 300; green foxtail, 200; moth 

 mullein, 200; mayweed, 100; hedge mus- 

 tard, 100; goosefoot, dandelion, sheep 

 sorrel. 



752*E. W. Walker, Houlton, May 19, 1906 99.7 .2 .1 



Harmless, — Alsike clover, 100; white clover, 

 100; redtop. Noxious, — Five finger, 100; 

 ergot, 100; blue vervain, goosefoot, sedge 

 sp. 



750*E. W. Walker, Houlton, May 19, 1906 99.5 .2 A 



Harmless, — White clover, 300; alsike clover, 

 200; red clover, 100. Noxious, — Green 

 foxtail, 100; night-flowering catchfly, 100; 

 sheep sorrel, 100; .yellow daisy, 100; 

 evening primrose, pepper grass. 



748*E. W. Walker, Houlton, May 19, 1906 99.1 .5 .4 



Harmless, — Alsike clover, 1,500; white 

 clover, 700; redtop, 900. red clover. 

 Noxious, — Plantain, 300; evening prim- 

 rose, 300; Ave finger, 100; sedge sp., 100. 



759*E. W. Walker, Houlton, May 29, 1906 84.5 5.1 10.4 



Harmless, — Redtop, 4.7 per cent of whole; 

 red clover, 8,200; alsike clover, 6,400; 

 white clover, 1,900; Kentucky blue grass, 

 18,900. Noxious, — Five finger, 27,400; 



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



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



