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Oil from the Seeds of the- Sun-Floweh 



that account; or being kept a long time, they lofc tlicir 

 niilcl quality, and become rancid and acrimonious. 



The pradicablenefs of getting oil among ourielvcs at a 

 moderate expence, and the importance of ufing It frefh, 

 togelher with the probable ufes of fun-flower oil for var- 

 niflies, for thebafis of ointments, and for mixing of paints, 

 as well as other purpofes to be anfwered by oils in gencralj 



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claim our attention to this fubjed, and encourage furthc 

 trials of the like kind. 



Before we quit this fubjcd, it may not be amifs to men- 

 tion, that caftor oil is juftly celebrated for It's medicinal 

 qualities: The plant, from the feeds of which it is got, 

 may be eafily cultivated in this country, and the incrcafe 

 of it is very great in a fliort time; might it not then be 

 worth the attention of our farmers to propagate this plant, 

 for the fake of it*s oil? We would juft fuggeft, tliat per- 

 haps it might be worth while to try whether the feeds of 

 fumach, with which this country abounds, orof themul- 

 Icn, which grows in old fields, and bears a great quantity 

 of feed, would not yield by cxpreillon, a valual)Ic oil for 

 medicine, or other purpofes. 



Mr. John Morel's Letter', with a keg of BENE SEED. 



Read before the Society -^ May 20, 1769. 



Savannah, 5th May, 1769. 



To Mr. Charles Thompson, Secretary of the American 



Philofophlcal Society^ at Philadelphia. 



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SEND you a fmall keg of Bene or Bene Seed, wliich 

 you will plcafe to prefent to your Society for their in* 

 ipedion. This feed makes oil equal in quality to Elorencc, 

 and fome fay preferable. Some fay one hundred w^ciglit 

 of feed will produce ninety pounds of oil, others fay Icfs, 

 be that as it will, It certainly makes very fine oil, and pro- 

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