The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1910-10-06
MISSOURI STATE
CAPITAL ITEMS
NOTES THAT ARE or INTEREST
TO missoURlANs.
Brief Mention Of Matters as They
Occur a. Jefferson City,
Official and other
wise.

WISE
Jefferson City-'Mlllons Of pounds
Of sunhower seed are allowed to 20
10 waste IN Missouri, annually, simply
because II Is o generally known
that they can be used for food for
men, as well as animals, and there
fore have a commercial value says
the 1910 Red Book OF the Bureau OF
Labor statistics. Figures made public
by Labor Commissioner j. c. A.
Hitler recently show that IN the year
1909 about 100000 pounds OF the seeds
we're sent TO market by Misscuri's
ia counties, and that about $4,000
wa realized by the sale Of the same.
While originally o native OF trOpi-
cal America the sunhower ls now
found growing more or less wild In an
cultiyatablo portions OF the world and
especially In South aud Central
Europe, seeds having been carried
there from America and planted by
several sixteenth century rovers. who
took a fancy to the large flower. both
for It's peculiar wild beauty and that
4 had a food value" reads the Red
Book chapter on this Interesting sub
Iect
In Russia the sunnower seed Is
prepared and eaten Just like Amerl-
cans do peanuts. The poorer class
often eat the seeds raw. the only draw
back TO this style OF turning them iu
20 a palatable article being the din
Guilty OF easily separating the kernel
from the hull
In Missouri tho suniUwer Is found
everywhere. growing in vacant city
lots amid rubbish as wen az iu the
rich lands Of the Southeastern section
Of the state and In the foot hills OF
the Ozarks. Goats thrive on the plant.
eating everything from the seeds and
petals down 10 the coarse rough
stalks and the roots. The seed is
often used, mixed with other seed as
feed for poultry. and parrots especial.
" enjoy this menu. forming a food
which was a main stay for them ia
the tropical regions
The supdoWer counties Of Missouri.
that Is the ones which marketed the
most seed In 1909. according 10 the
figures OF Supervising statistlclan A.
+ Edmonston OF the Labor Bureau,
are. Butler St Charles. 81. Louis.
Jackson. 81 Genevicve. Greene. Buch-
anan. Jasper WI A.sslsslppI. probably
because they are closer 70 the larger
cities than the other counties n Be-
but the question OF time before ali
vacant lands Of this state not n great
value for cultivation, or pasture pur.
poses. win be planted with suuaowcr
seed and turned into use ia that way
o
A negro tuberculosis commission
has been appointed by Gov. Hadley
The object OF the commission ls 10
ascertain the conditions among tho
negroes with respect 10 tuberculosis
and 20 make a report % tbs governor
The members ot The commirsloh are
Dr. J. T. CASTOR. Jefferson CITY. DR.
J. T. Perry. Kansas City; Dr W S
Carton. ST Joseph: c. r. Coyingion. I
Louisiana, Mrs Nevada KenEcr. Mar.
shall: Dr. George s. Jackson. 81
Louis.
The state OF Missouri viii receive
t3o,5os from the federal government
In addition TO what has already boon
paid for the services OF the Firth and
Sixth Missouri Volunteer Infantry en-
The spanlsh-Amercan war The state
claimed t2o7,ll9 and the government
allowed S5S.s75. The state ~apacalcd
and the comptroller or the treasury
has ruled that an additional $4,000
Is due.
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CuvcFnor Hadlgy rerefv,d i,tt.r