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Show Agriculture In the News By W. J. DRYDEN Grow Castor Beans The castor bean crop has proved to be a profitable one on the light soils inmany VtM'MIS! parts of the coun-try, coun-try, and is being grown commer- i'fWMSW cially- Castor 'fCjtY- beans should pro-yXyW pro-yXyW duce 600 pounds Pi to tne acre seU" ing for from $32 j ' rSffifrjy&i While the castor cas-tor bean has given giv-en a notable performance in Florida, California and other of the southern states, it has done almost as well in the northern states. Only about 10 per cent of the castor cas-tor oil produced is now used medicinally. medic-inally. The balance Is used for lubrication lu-brication of airplane engines, a substitute sub-stitute for tung oil, solvent in paints, lacquers and varnishes, agricultural insecticide, the stalks made into paper and wall boards and the fiber into sacks and ropes. While it is growing it proves an ideal shade for poultry. It will be an excellent crop for many in postwar years. |