A Pun for the Harvesting Season

"A North Dakota botanist has discovered that a herbicide can [stunt] the height of sunflowers."

October 31, 1986

On this day, The Tribune out of Seymour, Indiana, shared a post about making sunflowers shorter:

A North Dakota botanist has discovered that a herbicide can [stunt] the height of sunflowers.

[An easier harvesting experience makes] the crop more profitable.

[He] should write a book:

How to Make Money in a Declining Stalk Market. 


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