SUNFLOWERS HELP DAIRYMEN OF NORTH CANADA.
Up to the present year, only one silo has been in use in the Fort William district. However, the success achieved with sunflowers has given an impetus to silo-building, with the result that 8 to. 10 silos are being-put up this year. Most of these are of stave construction, though one man is building a pit-silo. =■ v,-V...... ■...... Sunflowers are" being grown almost entirely for ensilage. The greatly in creased acre'/r^pf ■sunflowers this'year is- looking well. Since they grow around 12 to 14 feet in height around that part of the country, a bio: bulk of. feed (will ;be produced from this crop. As-a result, said Mr. G. W. Collins, agricultural representative, to us recently, the cost of producing milk will be lessened., **
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 21 October 1922, Page 4
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128SUNFLOWERS HELP DAIRYMEN OF NORTH CANADA. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 21 October 1922, Page 4
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