SEED INSPECTIOX. 



Analysis of seeds. Samples collected by tJie Station in the 

 spring of ipo^. 



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Description of Sample, Foreign Seeds, etc. 



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II 





418 



Red Clover. {Trifolium pratense.) 



From C. M. Conant Co., Bangor, May 5, 1905 



Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 



Timothy, 200; lady's thumb, 100; clustered dock, 200; 

 goosetoot, 200; dooryard plantain, 400; embryos, 100. 



From C. M. Conant Co., Bangor, May 5, 1905 



Per ct. 



99.5 



98.4 

 96.8 



99.3 



99.3 



99.8 

 99.7 

 99.3 



99.8 

 97.3 



98. 

 98. 



Per ct. 

 0.1 



0.3 



0.8 



0.2 



0.2 



0.1 

 0.2 

 0.2 





 0.3 



0.4 

 0.4 



Per ct. 



0.4 



1.3 



4-''8 



Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 



Goosefoot, 100; wormseed mustard, 100; ribgrass, 300; 

 Rugel's plaintain, 7<i0; lady's thumb, 100; green fox- 

 tall, 1,400; yellow foxtail, 200; witchgrass, 300; crab- 

 grass, 2,200; embryos, 1,000. 



From C. M. Conant Co., Bangor, May 5, 1905 



2.4 



429 



417 

 336 



Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 



Lady's thumb, 300; witchgrass, 200; awned plantain, 

 300; ribgrass, 500; dooryard plantain, 2,700; tumble- 

 weed, 400; mayweed, 100; green foxtail, 300; yellow 

 foxtail, 400; curled dock, 300; sheep sorrel, 100; 

 embryos, 200; small crab grass, 200; wild turnip, 100. 



From C. M. Conant Co., Bangor, May 5, 1905 



Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 



Rugel's plantain, 1,300; green foxtail, 200; sorrel, 200; 



witchgrass, 100; goosefoot, 200; lady's thumb, 100; 



embryos, 200. 



From K. B. Dunning & Co., Bangor, March 31, 1905 



Number oj foreign seeds in 1 pound. 



Witchgrass, 100; green foxtail, 400; ribgrass, 100; door- 

 yaid plantain, 100. 



From R. B. Dunning & Co., Bangor, March 31, 1905 



Number of foreign seeds in 1 pourid. 

 Timothy, 100; sheep sorrel, 100; sorrel, 100. 



From A. H. Fogg Co., Houlton, April 25, 1905 



0.5 



0.5 



0.1 

 O.l 



423 



435 

 41', 



Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 

 Alsike, 200; sorrel, 200. 



From Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, April IS, 1905 



Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 



Timothy, 500; lady's thumb, 200; goosefoot, 200; witch- 

 grass, 200; sorrel, 300; tumble weed, 100; sheep sorrel, 

 500; ribgrass, 200; Rugel's plantain, 400; embrj'os, 200. 



From Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, April IS, 1905 



Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 

 Green foxtail, 200. 



From Oscar Holway Co., Auburn, April 20, 1905 



0,5 



0.2 

 2.4 



419 



Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 



Green foxtail, 400; yellow foxtail, 300; clustered dock, 

 200; stink grass, 100. 



From Oscar Holway Co., Auburn, April 20, 1905 



1.6 



438 



Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 



Red ton, 200; timothy, 4.000; witch grass, 500; sheep 



sorrel, 1,300; curled dock, 200; wild peppergrass, 100; 



lady's thumb, 400; Rugel's plantain, 900; green foxtail, 



700; yellow foxtail, 300; embryos, 300; small crab 



grass, 300. 



From Oscar Holway Co., Auburn, April 20, 1905 



1.6 





Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. t. 

 Awned plantain, 400; ribgrass, 1,300; dooryard plan- 

 tain, 300; yellow foxtail, 2,800; sorrel, 100. 





