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Show Sunflowers New Cash Crop for Farmers Sunflowers may soon rival corn and soybeans in food value as well as a cash crop. With sunflower oil selling at 14.5 cents a pound and an acre producing a ton of seed, the farmers around Monticello, 111., expect ex-pect to produce more than corn or soybeans. Sunflowers have long been recognized recog-nized as an excellent source of protein pro-tein and oil. America imported 120 i4kti zz-aA J-klB New sunflower picker speeds up production. million pounds of sunflower oil between be-tween 1932 and 1936, mostly for edible edi-ble purposes. One hundred acres of test planting plant-ing yielded 1,600 pounds of seed. It was harvested by a clipover combine, com-bine, self-propelled, formerly used for soybeans. Tests made at the University of Illinois showed that the seeds contained 53 per cent protein pro-tein and were easily digested. The oil was excellent for salads and cooking. |