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Atkeson, F. W« Sunflower silage for milk production. Idaho. Agr. Expt. 
Sta. Bui. 215, 8pp. Moscow, 1935. 
"On the "basis of total digestible nutrients consumed and milk 
produced the sunflower silage was equal to corn silage... Choice 
"between corn silage and sunflower silage is a problem cf more 
milk per "acre rather than more, milk per cow. " 
Atkinson, Alfred, Nelson, J. B., and others. Growing and feeding sun- 
flowers in Montana. Mont. Agr, Expt. Sta. Bui. 131, 29pp. 
3ozeman, 1919. 
A "brief survey cf the characteristics and history of the cultiva- 
tion of the sunflower, and an account of the results of investiga- 
tions made in Montana of the yields and methods of growing and 
feeding. Silage made from sunflowers 30 to 4C percent in "bloom 
were found to "be equal to chopped green corn in the roasting-ear 
stage as a soiling crop for dairy cows. 
Audas, J. W. The sunflower. Its cultivation and utilization. Victoria. 
Dept. Agr. Jour. 16(lC): 62C-626. Oct. 1913. 23 V66J 
Discusses cultivation and harvesting of the sunflower its value 
as -a stock food, and as silage for dairy cows, and the uses of the 
plant and seed. It is said to be a good honey plant. 
Bechdel, S. I. Sunflower silage for milk production. Pa. Agr., Expt. 
Sta. Bui. 172, 16pp. State College, Pa., 1922. 
Experiments in feeding cows with sunflower and corn silage in- 
dicate "that the use of sunflowers as a silage crop is not advisable 
on Pennsylvania farms except in a very few localities where corn 
is not always a sure crop, " 
Cole, C. L., Donovan, R. L., and Allen, Nat N. The influence of sun- 
flower silage upon milk production. Jour. Dairy Sci. 2C(5): 221-230. 
May 1937. 44.8~J822 
"In a group of 13 cows, no advantage in milk production or in 
health and condition of the cows was found due to inclusion of sun- 
flower silage in the ration containing an abundant supply of legume 
hay and with water supplied by means of drinking cups." 
French, H. E. , and Humphrey, H. 0. Experiments on sunflower seed oil. 
Missouri. Univ. Bui. v. 27, no. 7, Engin. Expt. Sta. Ser. no. 25, 
27pp. Columbia, Missouri, 1926. 29C.9 M69 
It is stated in the introduction that the experiments described 
were undertaken to investigate the possible industrial uses of sun- 
flower seed oil in order to obtain information as to the advisability 
of encouraging or discouraging increase of production of the seed. 
"No attempt was made to develop special uses for the oil, nor was 
any effort made to compare the cost of sunflower seed oil with that 
of the oil for which it was substituted." 
