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Show Russian Sunflower Gains as Ensilage The Importance of Russian sunflower sun-flower as an ensilage food product for cattle is becoming generally known throughout the western states, according accord-ing to I... F. Kneipp, district forester of the local offices. Ho states that this cattle food, as ensilage, has approximately lialf the food value of alfalfa. Notwithstanding Notwithstand-ing tho greater food value of alfalfa, the sunflower is tho cheaper feed, a single acre producing nearly 35 tons of food which cattle relish. At tho government experiment station, sta-tion, Dubois, Idaho, a field of 160 acres Is being planted with the Rus-Hlan Rus-Hlan sunfloweV, to determine' whether it can be raised at that altltx ylc. oo |