CULTIVATION OF THE SUN. FLOWER.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 71, 6 May 1881, Page 4

CULTIVATION OF THE SUN. FLOWER.

■■^, . ( Ashburton Guardjan.] with reference to the sunflower :•; (hcHanthui) !W9 find chat there, can be ao doubt as to its utility and its high ' woovQttfti *alu» for many purpose*. The plant, which belongs to the order - if &mjm«*&,' hf» rery hardy one, and, as. we allknow, grows to a height of from six U eight feet It was introduce4.origfl|ally from Peru, and has quite recently been found to possess valuable properties when manufactured. It is now grown on a large scale in Russia; Oermany, India, and other countries, where the inhabitants duly 'appreciate the value* 'of the industry.. .^The seed -f)ike nutlets— *>f the plant, to 1 their natural state, are excellent food foe poultry and pig* ; j when roasted they are saM to be an excellent substitute for coffee ; crashed and pifjaecL Jhey yield an oil second . iny\yilu« enly to olive oil, either for household purposes or a«| a lubricator for the delicate machinery for textile ' tftbriobwhilo*tho retidtiumcan.be used -M'«a fttoaka- to: iatUttx oattlej .the Stalks furnish agood fibre, the blo«---soms yield a britttant and lasting yellow dye, aj)d|t£)e leaves seem a valuable manure/ Here, ihsn, is a ohance for sgm^^p^viHrmers and email capitalists, an^ thoae who are eager "ttrf^taUish loca) industries.- Let «he matter Wtttorougfaly discusf-ed b^ pur Jodttst^ijil Aosociation. Ijj praoiice as well as in theory let this ' convince I Jffll. fer B WW.ft«!k itt will-be reproduc tJl&Qb** *v?ffl£tyvW ■$* " n T time» '^^t^tthe^ia^'l^atoo''; and;* " wi< i n * ou^«Jg^pon^o»^we bop« the the time wiflf Qftnjjp wnffl he will be thanked drawn public