were In one pound of clover seed. In
thfl*
gape
gamplji there
were
I2 7$g
seedsofj)TautainrT.o§o of foxtail^ L017
of sorrel. 226 of bindweed. 2,147 of
iamb's quarters. 1,808 Of wild carrot,
226 of curled dock, 1,243 of tumble
weed and many others, making ttftfcl
of 44,522 weed seeds in a pound. Ill
another sample there were 78.604 weed
seeds in one pound sold as clover seed.
Just imagine what a farmer does when
be sows six or eight pounds of sucb
stuff on an acre'
Another thing was the low quality
the clover itself It has beeu dem
1 onstrnted that the heaviest seeds give
the strokes, plants durinp early
growth and Ir most cases largest
yields This Connecticut bulletin states
that clover seed of average quality
should run 302.000 to the pound While
I lighter seed may give a greater num
bet of plants, a greater proportion of
them won Id die out or do poorly. In
twenty-six out of fifty-one samples the
seeds weighed less than the standard.
