24 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I906, 





Analysis of seeds from correspondents- 



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Red Top— Continued. 

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

 Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 

 Timothy, 1,100; white clover, 300; unidentified, 700. 



From H. B. Whipple. Bingham, April 23, 1902 



Per ct. 

 92.1 



98.7 



99.5 



66.9 



77. 



99.2 

 99.8 



Per ct. 

 1.6 



1.2 



.5 



8.2 



6. 



0.8 

 0.2 



Per ct. 

 .4 



1 



353 

 410 



Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 

 Timothy, 2,000. 



From H. B. Whipple, Bingham, February 11, 1903 



Mechanical impurities only. 



Lawn Seed. 



From Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, May 6, 1905 



Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 



Amount of timothj' too great to count; five-finger, 600; 



sheep sorrel, 600; Rugel's plantain, 400; tall dock, 800; 



unidentified, 1,200. 



Crab Grass {Panicum sanguinale). 

 From ■ 





 24.9 



17 



321 



H97 



Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 



White clover, 150,600; timothy, 137,800; green foxtail, 



6,600; peppergrass, 1,200; sheep sorrel, 3,200; careless 



weed, 200; lamb's quarters, 1,400. 



RtJTABAGA Turnip. (Bressica campestris). 



From Lewis Atwood, Wlnterport, Februarj 24, 1902 



Mechanical impurities only. 



Rte. {Secale cereale) . 

 From Herbert W. Clair, Cumberland 





 





Mechanical impurities only. 





