European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Defoliant residue on Sunflower seeds with All the Good qualities that to have been Tola about Sunflower Oil in the diet new i hear from a lamer mend that they us a defoliant on the sunflowers before harvesting. This has to leave a residue tin the seeds it seems to me and some sort of Poison probably gets into the Oil. about it Dorothy Meek South Bend ind am and Bauer a soil Scie tial with the . Department t j agriculture s Northern great Plains research Center in ugandan . Answers your question. Two defoliants Are cleared for use on sunflowers. The curious chopper by son a he Nze these Are sodium chlorate and paraquat. Paraquat registered Lor use on Oil seed Type sunflowers. There Are also confectionary Type sunflowers. Sodium chlorate is a common sail an inorganic substance differing chemically from sodium Chloride Ccu Ninon table Salt by Iho addition of oxygen in the compound. Paraquat is an organic compound a herbicide. 115 effective lifetime is measured in a few Days the frequency of chemical defoliation is Low. The use is predicated on the Price of Sunflower seeds the lateness of the crop and the yield. The grower who has a ale maturing crop of Polen Lilly High yield when prices Are High More than 15 cents per Pound is the most Likely user of a defoliant. A late maturing crop can result As a consequence of a Lale planting Dale or because of a genetic characteristic. When used As defoliants these materials Are applied to he leaves. Contact with the Sunflower head is limited. And the Shell further protects the seed edible portion from Contact. This knowledge says Bauer has not prevented me from using Sunflower i read in answer to a question in this column about Trie decaf elation of Coffee arut in use of methylene Chloride. The answer implies that Sanka is decaffeinated with this chemical yet upon checking my Jar of Sanka it clearly states that Only the elements of pure Etier Viecent water Are what Beeaff Hinatea Sanka Collet and it Alao slate no chemicals it there an update an this Gertrude Dumford Sarasota a. Rich Collins an associate manager with general goods provides an update i would like to Pom out hat our product Sanka is now decal Einalee with water and Carbon dioxide and is therefore a naturally decaffeinated Coffee we have made his move because to Are always examining new ways to increase consumer satisfaction in our products. We further believe that the issues raised Over the safely of our other products Are unfounded As you know the food and drug administration has stated hat decaffeinated Coffee using methylene Chloride As the Decoffe unating agent is Safe. The Agency has continued 1o allow the solvent s use at no More than 10 parts per million residue. General foods indirect method results in residue of a tenth of a part per million or less in its products. This is 100 limes less than the Federal regulation truly an insignificant Reader feedback cleaning Irons Audrey a Jimey Southbury Conn in reference to one of your readers who is looking for a Calico Square with bar berries inside to clean her Iron Sha wants Bayberry nol Barberry. It s a Shrub Wax Myrtle famous Tor its Bay leaves. Pilgrims made their Bayberry candles by cooking the ripened berries and skimming Iho Wax Oil the lip of the water. She can make her own Square. Pick the berries in the autumn when they have turned Gray clean them of stems and debris and put hem inside a Cotton Square shaped bag. Sew up the opening run you hot Iron Over the bag every so often and then onto a paper Edith Ullner Sarasota Fla if you can t find Bayer Las it s possible to make a similar article by Chipping pea size pieces of Canning Wax and sewing them in Al piece of cloth. 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