GOOD OIL FROM SUNFLOWERS
I|f plans now in hand by the Development and Information bureau of the N.S.AV. Department of Labour bear fruit, the onec-dcspised
•sunflower may bring about the birth of a new industry in Australia.
Efforts are being made to induce farmers to plant sunflowers as an aid to restricting the Commonwealth's annual imports of vegetable oils.
According to the bureau, there is a ready market for sunflower seeds.
One prominent Sydney firm is prepared to purchase 1600 tons of sunflower seed at £35 a ton. The cost landed on wharves for imported seed is £34.
The chief use for them at presen is for cattle fodder and bird seed
But the seeds contains from 25 to 30 per cent of oil, which can be utilised, for cooking as a substitute for peanut or olive oil; for the canning of fish, where it is considered to be better than cotton-seed oil; for the manufacture of margarine, where it is used instead of sesame oil; as a substitute for imported linseed oil in the manufacture of varnishes and paints; in the manufacture of soaps and candles; as a substitute for tallow in solidfying and hydrolyising of oils and as a substitute for special textile and leather oils. Sunflower oil, obtained by cold pressure can be used as best table oil. It is tasteless, mild, clear, pale yellow, almost inodorous, more limpid than poppy seed oil and fully competitive with olive, almond and peanut oils.
The warm pressed oil, when properly handled, can be used ris a lubricator for the most delicate machinery and for all the industrial processes mentioned before.
The chemical qualities of sunflower seed oil arc stated to be very advantageous. There is strong resistance against acids, and it is irascible in all proportions with chloroform, benzol, etc. It solidifies only at a temperature of -9deg. F.
After the oil has been extracts there remains a lesidue which is o
very great value
The estimated yield of oil from one ton of' sunflower seeds is 4401b.
oooooooooooo«oooooooo©ooooooo®ooooooooo
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BPB19410203.2.7
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 266, 3 February 1941, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
340GOOD OIL FROM SUNFLOWERS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 266, 3 February 1941, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Beacon Printing and Publishing Company is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Beacon. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Beacon Printing and Publishing Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in