Show Sunflowers New Cash j j Crop for Farmers Sunflowers may soon rival corn cornand cornand and soybeans in food value as well as a cash crop With sunflower oil selling at cents a pound and an j acre producing a ton of seed the I farmers around Monticello Ill expect expect ex ex- exI j I to produce more than corn or J i soybeans 1 Sunflowers have long been recognized recognized as an excellent source of pro pro- protein protein I tein and oil America imported 9 t s f f t ts s New sunflower picker speeds op UP production million pounds of sunflower oil be between between tween 1932 and 1936 mostly for edi edible edt edt- ble purposes One hundred acres of test planting plant plant- planting ing yielded 1600 pounds of seed It was harvested by a com coin I bine self propelled formerly used j for soybeans Tests made at the University of Illinois showed that the seeds contained 53 per cent protein protein pro pro- tein and were easily digested The oil was excellent for salads and ana cooking |