Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-11-25 | Page 14 | Crop of Sunflower Seeds Valuable

CROP OF SUNFLOWER SUNFLOWER I SEEDS VALUABLE 1 WASHINGTON N Nov NOT 24 Wl A- A seeds pounds ot of them worth Morth orth almost almont ler lore of or a million dollars that Is this 3 ears ear's crop of or the Vie three Im- Im Important important Im Important producing states stales Missouri and California according to the tha Department of ot Agriculture The Th yield this year yeal la is about 4 4 pounds more than last year ear From four tour to six million pounds are Imported annually principally from Holland Argen- Argen Argentina tina Areen-tina tina t and Russia The poor mans man's peanuts are aro what hat sunflower er seeds are aro called some somo sections In New boric City many Russians buy and roast them to e eat The are used prin prin- principally principally lly though In poultry teed feed mixtures and for Ial parrot rot feed teed Kansas the tho er State Stale produces practically no C I seeds for tor commercial use but in the three principal producing prod stales slates they ate aio considered it a profitable crop as about COO pounds per nero aero 4 can be pi and sold for around H 34 pel pet O pounds