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Dual purpose safflower seed: Produces drying oil for the paint industry and seed meal for livestock and poultry feed
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California Agriculture 3(2):11-16.
Published February 01, 1949
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Abstract
Safflower seed oil is a useful type of drying oil and its principal use has been in the paint and varnish industry where it competes directly with linseed oil. Its nonyellowing properties would make it appear to be superior to linseed oil for some interior finishes.