. Some common Ontario weeds [microform]. Weeds; Mauvaises herbes. !l Cloveu Sekd. Sain/.es. of c'.o xr iced. Number of weed seeds in one oz. of Clover Seed. 1. One of the best of the fiO samples obtained. 2. A sample of average quality. 3. A eancple of in- ferior quality Per cent, o'.f weed seeds. .Ot Number of veed*! . to clover plaatalKind (f weed seeds in an average] fcund. square yard. !3 weeds to 7420[GraiB and sorrel, clover plants. 32 1,214 .17 One weed to 742 clover plants. 24 weeds to 769 clover plants. Foxtail, sorrel, chess and chicory. Foxtail, white Cockle, Bindwe d «nd phioo
. Some common Ontario weeds [microform]. Weeds; Mauvaises herbes. !l Cloveu Sekd. Sain/.es. of c'.o xr iced. Number of weed seeds in one oz. of Clover Seed. 1. One of the best of the fiO samples obtained. 2. A sample of average quality. 3. A eancple of in- ferior quality Per cent, o'.f weed seeds. .Ot Number of veed*! . to clover plaatalKind (f weed seeds in an average] fcund. square yard. !3 weeds to 7420[GraiB and sorrel, clover plants. 32 1,214 .17 One weed to 742 clover plants. 24 weeds to 769 clover plants. Foxtail, sorrel, chess and chicory. Foxtail, white Cockle, Bindwe d «nd phioory. Tl^largest number of weed seeds found in one ounce of clover seed wa. > 080 • and over 200 weed seeds to the ounce were found in 12 out ^t th «C sav-nples. Such figures ought surely to be a warrung to all^who either (^rass seed or clover seed for use on their faims. Ihose FvL wan seed sCuld never fail to make a very thorough exannnation S/arordmtv eye-glass or otherwise before purchasing, in order to Tatth then sel7es that the samples are true to name and free ';'; n"s. always bearing i" -ind that the cheapest seed is almost invariably the dearest-very much the dearest-m the end. Collection and Identification. Not only every seedsman, but every tarmer, and every teacher in a sch^ should^have a collection of weed seeds for reference and c~^Nn order tha^^ may be able to detect and identify such seeds Xn they arc in grass seed, clover seed, rape seed, or any other kind oVseed which is sold or offered for sale. A good collection can be Sly made in the summer months. All that is necessary is a number of Z\\ bottles and a little attention at the right time The so-called C;.lpa ic vSs of one drachm capacity are suitable for the purpose but they should be carefully and plainly labelled. If they are not so labelled, the collection will be Fig. A. Fig. B. Fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page im
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