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Show Useful Sunflower. It has own found that every part of the sunflower plant may be utilize"' util-ize"' for some economic purpose. The leaves form a cattle food and the stems contain fller which uiny be used successfully In mnklnrr paper. The pltii of the sunflower stalk la the lightest substance known; Its specific gravity Is 0.028, wblle that of elder Is 0.0H, and cork 0.24. The illscov ery of the extreme lightness of the pith of the stnlk has essentially Increased In-creased the cominerclnl .value of the plant. This light cellular substance Is now cnrt-fully removed from the stalks and applied to ninny Important uses. One of its chief uses l the making of llfe-snvlng appliances. |