Sample number. Analysis of seeds from correspondents-Continued: Description of Sample, Foreign Seeds, etc. TIMOTHY -Continued. 325 From H. N. Goodhue, Fort Fairfield, March 20, 1902................ Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. Red clover, 400; green foxtail, 100; peppergrass, 500. 327 From H. N. Goodhue, Fort Fairfield, March 20, 1902...... Only mechanical impurities present. 99.9 362 From H. N. Goodhue, Fort Fairfield, April 16, 1903....... Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 98.9 Alsike, 400; white clover, 200; peppergrass, 800; sheep sorrel, 200. 363 From H. N. Goodhue, Fort Fairfield, April 6, 1903....... Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 99.2 0.6 0.2 White clover, 200; green foxtail, 100; peppergrass, 100. 366 From H. N. Goodhue, Fort Fairfield, April 22, 1903.......... 99.7 Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 0.2 0.1 Red top, 200; peppergrass, 200. 370 From H. N. Goodhue, Fort Fairfield, April 22, 1903.... Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 99.7 0.2 0.1 Red top, 300; sheep sorrel, 300. 379 From H. T. Harmon and Co., Portland, March 24, 1904... 99.5 Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. Red clover, 300; peppergrass, 700; lady's thumb, 100; yellow daisy, 200; sheep sorrel, 100. 376 From Harmon and Harris Co., Portland, Nov. 10, 1903... Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. White clover, 300; Kentucky blue-grass, 200; peppergrass, 500; careless weed, 100; lambs quarters, 100. 377 From Harmon and Harris Co., Portland, Nov. 10, 1903... Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. Green foxtail, 300; Kentucky blue-grass, 200; peppergrass, 200; careless weed, 300; sheep sorrel, 400. 390 From Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, March 24, 1904..... Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound, Red clover, 200; peppergrass, 1,800; yellow daisy, 300; sheep sorrel, 500; careless weed, 300. 391 From Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, March 24, 1904..... Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. Red top, 700; green foxtail, 100; peppergrass, 500; sheep sorrel, 400; careless weed, 100. 392 From Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, March 24, 1905.. Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 99.9 0.1 0 Red clover, 200; careless weed, 100. 393 From Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, March 24, 1904..... Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. Red clover, 600; peppergrass, 300; sheep sorrel, 700; 401 From Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, June 27, 1905....... Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. Red clover, 300; peppergrass, 600; yellow daisy, 700; Analysis of seeds from correspondents-Continued: Sample number. Description of Sample, Foreign Seeds, etc. TIMOTHY-Continued. 405 From Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, April 13, 1905 Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. .... Red top, 9,200; five-finger, 1,900; alsike, 700; white clover, 1,200; sweet clover, 200; yellow daisy, 300; Rugel's plantain, 700; sheep sorrel, 100; lamb's quarters, 200; unidentified, 1,700. 342 From H. W. Knight, Fort Fairfield, April 7, 1902 Mechanical impurities only. 99.4 0.6 0 343 From H. W. Knight, Fort Fairfield, April 7, 1902 ...... Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. Red top, 3,600; crimson clover, 100; alsike, 500; red clover, 500; five-finger, 500; summer savory, 100; Red top, 600; peppergrass, 500; careless weed, 400; yellow daisy, 300. 303 From Shaw, Hammond and Carney, Portland, Dec.3, 1901 Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 99.4 0.3 0.3 Clover, 900; red top, 700; unidentified, 900. 305 From Shaw, Hammond & Carney, Portland, Dec. 13, 1901 Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. Red clover, 2,300; white clover, 700; red top, 3,300; sorrel, 100; unidentified, 400. 307 From Shaw, Hammond & Carney, Portland, Dec. 13, 1901 Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. Red top, 500; alsike, 1,900; grass, 1,100; sorrel, 1,000; fivefinger, 2,000. 310 From Shaw, Hammond & Carney, Portland, Dec. 13, 1901 Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. Alsike, 6,000; plantain, 1,400; yellow daisy, 900; fivefinger, 2,000; unidentified, 300. 351 From Swan and Sibley Co., Belfast, October 20, 1902..... Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. Red top, 1,300; prostrate pigweed, 100; oxeye daisy, 300. 352 From Swan and Sibley Co., Belfast, October 20, 1902.... Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. Red top, 6,500; peppergrass, 400; oxeye daisy, 200. Sample number. Analysis of seeds from correspondents-Continued: Description of Sample, Foreign Seeds, etc. TIMOTHY-Continued. 372 From Swan and Sibley Co., Belfast, October 20, 1902... 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. 80. 375 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 .. Number 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. (Agrnstis alba vulgaris.) 356 From R. B. Dunning and Co., Bangor, March 21, 1903 Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. Timothy, 41,500; peppergrass, 900. 411 From R. B. Dunning and Co., Bangor, June 22, 1905. ... Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. Timothy, 6,800; red clover, 400; peppergrass, 700; sheep sorrel, 300; white weed, 1,800. 381 From Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, Nov. 24, 1904....... Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 98.6 0.4 1.0 Timothy, 90,475; sheep sorrel, 525; peppergrass, 1,050. 383 From Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, March 24, 1904..... Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. Timothy, 38,325; creeping bent, 9,975; slender fescue, 1,575; peppergrass, 875; sheep sorrel, 525. 384 From Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, March 24, 1904..... 99.3 Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 0.2 0.5 Timothy, 44,285; pigweed, 175; peppergrass, 1,275. 394 From Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, March 31, 1904.... Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 98.9 0.4 0.7 Timothy, 64,220; peppergrass, 350; pigweed, 350. 395 From Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, March 24, 1904..... 99.4 Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 0.4 0.2 Timothy, 23,975; peppergrass, 200: pigweed, 350. 306 From Shaw, Hammond & Carney, Portland, Dec. 13, 1901 Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. 82.5 10. 7.5 Timothy, 13,800; five-finger, 25,900; unidentified, 3,100. Analysis of seeds from correspondents-Concluded: Sample number. Description of Sample, Foreign Seeds, etc. RED TOP-Continued. 311 From Shaw, Hammond and Carney, Portland, Dec.13,1901 Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. Timothy, 1,100; white clover, 300; unidentified, 700. 347 From H. B. Whipple. Bingham, April 23, 1902....... Number of foreign seeds in Ï pound. Timothy, 2,000. 410 From Geo. B. Haskell Co., Lewiston, May 6, 1905........ Number of foreign seeds in 1 pound. Amount of timothy 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 77. 6. 17. 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. RUTABAGA TURNIP. (Bressica campestris). RYE. (Secale cereale). 321 From Lewis Atwood, Winterport, February 24, 1902 ..... 99.2 Mechanical impurities only. 397 From Herbert W. Clair, Cumberland Mechanical impurities only. FIELD EXPERIMENTS IN 1905. CHAS. D. WOODS and J. M. BARTLETT. The Station had about 40 acres in co-operative field experiments in 1905. The mid-summer was too dry in the northernmost part of the State for satisfactory experiments except with potatoes. The inoculation experiments for legumes were failures because of the poor quality of the cultures used. As Aroostook county was practically free from late potato blight, spraying and dusting experiments for this fungus did not give decisive results. The following experiments are here reported. Clark method of growing grass for hay, page 25. Soil inoculation for legumes, page 28. Fertilizer experiments with garden peas, page 30. Cooperative experiments with alfalfa, page 35. Home mixed fertilizer experiments on potatoes, page 41. CLARK METHOD OF GROWING GRASS FOR HAY. Mr. Clark of Higganum, Conn., has for several years practiced intense cultivation for the production of hay with marked success. His method has been quite generally published in agricultural papers and this has led to the Station receiving many inquiries from correspondents as to the adaptability of this method to Maine conditions. Because of these inquiries the Station undertook to handle two acres of land as nearly as possible in accordance with Mr. Clark's published directions. A worn piece of grass land on rather heavy clay loam was selected for the purpose and plowed in the summer of 1903. This was harrowed about every fortnight with the Clark double action cutaway harrow. At the time the piece was plowed it was hoped that the frequent harrowing would break down the sod, and fine the soil so that a crop of winter rye could be grown. The turf proved too stubborn, however, and the ground was left |