SEED INSPECTION. 



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Analysis of seeds from correspondents — Continued: 



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Timothy— Con tinued. 



372 From Swan and Sibley Co., Belfast, Octobsr 20, 1902. . . . 

 Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 

 Sorrel and polygonum present. 



373 From Swan and Sibley Co., Belfast, October 20, 1902. . . . 

 Mechanical impurities only. 



374 From Swan and Sibley Co., Belfast, October 20, 1002. . . 

 Co siderable wild carrot and sorrel. 



37o From Swan and Sibley Co., Belfast, October 20, 1902 



No noxious weeds. 



398 From Swan and Sibley Co., Belfast, December 14, 1904 . 

 Practically pure. 



399 From Swan and Sibley Co., Belfast, December 14, 1904 . 

 dumber of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 

 Red top, 500; red clover, 100; peppergrass, 100; Rugel's 



plantain, 1,000; yellow daisy, 100. 



400 From Swan and Sibley Co., Belfast, December 14, 1904 . 

 Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 

 Red clover, 500; German millet, 100; yellow daisy, 500; 



lamb's quarters, 300; sheep sorrel, 100. 



378 From Wm. Wood and Sons, Gardiner, March 19, 1904. 

 Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 



White clover, 500; red top, 200; sheep sorrel, 200; lamb's 

 quarters, 400. 



Red Top. {Agmstis alba vulgaris.) 



From R. B. Dunning and Co., Bangor, March 21, 1903 



Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 

 jTimothy, 41,500; peppergrass, 900. 



411 1 From R. B. Dunning and Co., Bangor, June 22, 1905 



Number of foreign seeds in I pound. 



iTimothy", 6,800; red clover, 400; peppergrass, 700; sheep 

 sorrel, 300; white weed, 1,800. 



881 



394 



From Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, Nov. 24, 1904 



Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 



Timothy, 90,475; sheep soi-rel, 525; peppergrass, 1,050. 



From Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, March 24, 1904 



Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 



Timothy, '38,3;:5; creeping bent, 9,975; slender fescue, 

 1,575; peppergrass, 875; sheep sorrel, 525. 



From Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, March 24, 1904 



Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 



Timothy, 44,285; pigweed, 175; peppergrass, 1,275. 



From Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, March 31, 1904 



Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 



Timothy, 64,220; peppergrass, 350; pigweed, 350. 



From Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, March 24, 1904 



Number of foreign seeds in Ijjound. 



Timothy, 23,975; peppergrass, 200: pigweed, 350. 



From Shaw, Hammond & Carney, Portland, Dec. 13, 1901 



Number of foreign seeds in \ pcund. 



Timothy, 13,800; five-finger, 25,900; unidentified, 3,100. 



Per ct 



99.1 



Per ct 



0.2 



99.5 



0.5 



80. 





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0.4 



100 







99.8 



0.1 



99.9 







99.6 



0.4 



97.5 



99.4 



82..'-. 



0.4 



0.4 



0.4 



Perct. 



0.7 



