The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-09-10
From de New orlssns Tinss
FLOWER SEED.


kfistsanfsss 9nHGas % PersnRas
Prom experiments made By ihe Mora
Wan Brethren - Bethlehem. who were
lie first 10 introduces is manufacture. il APP
pears that bushel ~ sunilower seed will
yield, Oh expression, near gallon Of mild
oil. The process is The same as that Tor
making linscrd nil. The oil-cake 10 be-
liesed 10 be quite as valuable for stock.
feeding. The rer feniage Of oil is not
50 great IS ihai from many other seeds,
being stated by Ure al fifteen per cent.
But the number Of bushels OF seed per
acre Is great, being yariously stated at
from so 10 l50-Ihc lowest estimate be-
ing. perhaps, the nearest the truth. Even
al that raic, aud as food for stock, tins
must be one Of the most valuable crops.
A letter, now b, fole us, from our old
friend. Thomas 8. Hinde, OF Mount Car
mel. lllinois-ene Of The few pioneers
who have kept record Of events during
The early sciiling Of the West; and which,
h. informs us. he is about giving 10 the
world--slaies that " Mr.. John Mathews,
Of Urbana, Ohio, informed me that he
was offered 1000 bushels of sunilower
saed. 10 be delivered him. from the banks
Of the Sciota. foriy or iifiy miles distant.
al twenty-five cents per buslel." Mr..
III. makes the deduction that as il can be
producedso cheap, and as the stock Of all
kinds are fond of il and thrive on il, il
will prove a profitable crop OF food for
stock the mare as the leaves make cap
ital fodder. Mr.. u. promises Us a sup.
ply OF seed. Of a superior variety, 10 test
its growth thus far south.
Since writing the above. we found an
article in the Western Farmer and Garde-
ncr indianapolis, Ia.) from The pen OF the
editor, from which We make the following
eNtracts: -@~@-- *+++4
SuNPLowER SEKD.-To some extent
this is likely To become profitable crop.
Mr.. Clark Kitchener in this (Marion)
county. tried abou, an acre Of il this year.
A part Of Il d,d no, do well; but OF from
one-half acre he raised thirty five bush
els: or seventy bushels TO the acre. Me-
dium lands will yield. on an average. fif-
" bushels; while fret rate lands will
yield from seventy TO one hundred bush
els. -@es. f. +Er +Aa
Mode Of CuifiraiiOn.-'rhe ground is
prepared in all respects as for corn crop,
and the seed sown in d,ills four feet apart
one plant tn every eighteen inches in
the drill. tits u be ploughed and tended
in all respects like a crop Of corn. s"
80 farresfing.-As the heads ripen, they
are gathered. laid on a barn floor and
lhrashed with fail. The seed shells
very easily. 1885,. ~ IF *h fs+
Use.--rhe seed may be employed in
fai,ening hogs. feeding poultry. etc.. ant
for the last purpose il is better than grain
But the seed is more valuable at the OF
mill than elsewhere. Ii will yield gal
Ion 10 the bushel without trouble; and by
careful working more than this. HEINZ
yields one and a fourth gallons 10 Oh,
bushel, aud FAX seed' one and half b,
ordinary pressure; bu. two gallons unde
the hydraulic press. f. .a a
The oil has. as vel, no established mar
ket price. II will range from seveni,
cents 10 dollar. according as its valu'
shall be established as an article for lamp
, and for painters use. But at sevent,
cents a gallon for oil, the seed woul,
: command iiGiy-iive cents bushel, whicl
is a much higher price than can be ha
for corn. sa9@>r1 .atf sI-5fa savtasass
@It is stated, but upon how sufiicien
proof know not, that sunaower oil
excellent for burning in lamps. II ha
also been tried BY our painters to som
!, extent; and for inside work, il is said I
! BIO as good as linseed oil. Mr.. Hanna
1 man, Of this place, who has kindly pu
= me in possession Of these facts, say:
that the oil resembles an animal, rattle
!, than vegetable oil; that it has no. th
varnish properties OF the linseed OIL
We suppose by varnish is meant, the
bumen and mucilsge which are found
;. vegetable oils. 81 ' - Ill
}. existence Of impurities in oil. such
n mucilage, albumen, wax, gum. etc., who
;, increase its value 10 the painter, dimlnis
: its value for the lamp, since these SUI
stances crust or cloy the wick, and pr
- vent clear flame. All oils may, Their
fore, the less excellent they are for pain
d ing, be regarded as the more valuable Il
t. burning. Rape seed is extensively raj
Q ed in Europe, chiefly in Flanders. for
oil, and is much used for burning. II
quarts may be extracted from bnshel
seed. II is beginning to be raised in Oh
- Tor this purpose" I. A,