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THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
The Cultivation of Peanuts
The peanut has come to be one of
■ our most important crops. It Is des-
I fined to engage a larger share of
■ our attention in the immediate fu
! ture. s.'his is due to the fact that
■ the boll weevil has forced diversifl
- cation upon us and because of the
wide adaptability of the peanut for
growth and ultilization on a profit
able basis in all that great section
of the south comprised in the coastal
plain area. Presumably the peanut
crop of the country this year is
worth $250,000,000. It is difficult to
say just what its actual value may
be, but I believe the figures pre
sented would be regarded as con
servative. There has been a tremen
dous increase in the area devoted to
this crop in the southeastern states
in recent years not only for the rea
sons assigned above but on account
of our sudden realization, of the val
ue this crop possesses for the feed
ing and finishing off of live stock as
a source of hay, and the producer
of an unrivaled vegetable oil for hu
man conumption. Undoubtedly pea
nuts are now more extensively pur
chased and used as food for human
beings than in former years. This
also is due to our better understand
ing and appreciation of dietetics. The
peanut is also being more extensive
ly used in the manufacture of can
dies, and in the form of peanut but
ter and peanut meal. New uses are
being found for this crop almost
daily. It also has the advantage of
being a hardy and persistent grow
er and not subject to ready injury by
diseases or insect pests* It is also
easy to establish and cultivate and
is admirably suited to the type of
agriculture which we practice. It
can be grown in combination with
either corn or cotton, and this is
naturally a great advantage. Best
of all, hogs will gather and harvest
the crop for themselves at a profit
to the owner. The peanut is also a
soil builder and is adapted for
growth on types of soil on which
many other crops could not be grown
successfully.
A brief review of some of the
more salient facts in association
with the cultivation of this crop,,
therefore, seems to be in order at
this time. The peanut requires ’ a
long season in which to mature.
Spanish peanuts need under favor
able conditions 110 to 120 days.
The larger podded varieties should
have four to five months. The crop
will grow in any of the territory
south of the Ohio, but does best in
the sandy lahds of the coastal plain
area. The peanut can be grown with
a large measure of success in the
dry climate of western Oklahoma
and Texas. While this crop can be
grown on a wide variety of soils, it
does best on a well-drained, sandy
or loamy type of land. Large yields
may be produced on clay soils, but
the nuts will be discolored and this
reduces their market value. On
heavy soils the peanuts do not peg
down as readily as on lighter lands,
and this tends to minimize the yield
which might otherwise be secured.
Lands intended for this crop should
either contain plentiful supplies of
lime or be made rich Avith the same
through applications pf raw crushed
rock which hajs been ground into a
fine condition. The amount of lime
to apply will vary with the type of
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I believe, is the minimum amount to
apply. Under most conditions 1
would say use 2,000 pounds. The
land should be broken, in cjy opin
ion, and the linte then scattered over
the surface of the ground and work
ed in with a harrow- Later on the
ground may be laid off according to
the ytpe of cultivation followed and
such additional fertilizer, in the
form of phosphoric acid and potash,
used under the drill row as may be
considered essential. Our experience
Indicates that 300 pounds of acid
phosphate and 100 pounds say >f a
recognized carrier of potash would
not be too much to use.
The peanut, of course, is a native
of tropical America and is an an
nual belonging to the pea family.
The botanical name is Arachis hy
pogea. A peculiarity of this plant is
that it matures its fruit under
ground. The flowers are born in
the axils of the leaves on stems that
turn downward and elongate after
the flowers are fertilized. These
“pegs” then enter the soil where the
nuts develop. The fruit after all is
a ripened pod containing edible
seeds like the pea or bean.
There are two distinct types of
peanuts, the upright form and the
runner type. There are, of course,
large podded and small podded
varieties. The bunch or upright type
is less difficult to cultivate and dig,
but the runner type will as a rule
make th largest yield. Os the
large podded varieties the Virginia
bunch and Virginia runner are well
known. These are grown primarily
to be sold by street venders for
edible purposes, or placed on the
market .as roasted or salted peanuts.
The Spanish variety is small podded
and is very extensively grown In
what may be termed the new pea
nut territory. It is very valuable
for forage because of its heavy
growth of vines, and the nuts also
rank high for the production of oil.
Some producers harvesting this crop
sell the beet grade of nuts to oil
mills and reserve the vines and
poorly filled pods for feeding at
home. This variety is hardy, a
fine drouth reister, and very well
adapted for growth in any section
where the crop is to be grazed down
by hogs. Hence it is a favored va
riety in the southeastern states.
Affiong other varieties which are
grown to some extent is the Valencia,
which is late maturing, and some
what similar to the Spanish variety
in its habits of growth. It is a
more desirable variety to cultivate
for edible purposes than the Spanish
variety. Other varieties which are
not so widely planted are the North
Carolina, a runner type, and the Ten
nesee red, a small podded variety
somewhat similar to the Spanish,
with the exception that the nuts are
red in color. It is not as good a sell
er on the market as the Spanish va
riety.
One undertaking the cultivation of
peanuts should secure good seed. To
this end they should be selected from
vigorous, well matured plants which
make relatively large yields. The
proper curing and storing through
the winter so as to preserve the via
bility of the seed is an important
matter. Securing an even stand with
this crop is just as important as
with corn or cotton. Undoubtedly
the peanut can be selected so as to
improve its yield and quality, as
well as for other purposes.
As a rule the large podded va
rieties are hulled before planting, but
the small podded‘varieties are plant
ed in the pod. It is a good practice
to soak the unshelled nuts from 12
to 24 hours before planting, as this
hastens germination. Shelled seed
should not be soaked before planting.
It will take about two bushels of
unhulled seed to plant an acre,
whereas one-half bushel of the hull
ed nuts will be sufficient for the
same purpose. Hand hulling Is, of
course, a very slow business, and
small hullers are now manufactured
for preparing the seed for planting.
Mice and gophers may be kept
away where they are bad by treat
ing the unshelled seed with an emul
sion of soap and water mixed with
kerosene. Os course, the hulled seed
cannot be treated in this manner.
The land should be plowed for this
crop. Fall plowing is preferable,
bqt if this has not been done turn
the land in the spring as early as
possible. Breaking the land to a
considerable depth is good practice,
because this gives the peanuts a
larger and deeper area of soil
through which to range. arious
methods of planting have been fol
lowed. Since the peanuts are in
clined to sprout slowly it is not
good practice to plant while the
ground is still cold. A good plant to
follow is to seed peanuts comewhat
later than corn or cotton. Os course,
relatively late planting may be fol
lowed with Spanish peanuts in the
Coastal plain area. Level planting
is the best practice for this section.
Shallow furrows should be made
with a small shovel plow. The pea
nuts may then be dropped In the
furrow by hand or with the planter.
Soils that are not well drained may
of course be ridged for planting. The
distance apart will vary. With the
runner varieties 3.5 feet is a good
distance. With the Spanish, rows
30 to 36 inches apart will answer
Very week Peanuts should be culti
vated with shallow surface-working
implements and rather frequently
after they get out of the ground,
plowing should be continued until
the vines begin to peg or form pods.
The type of cultivators used for
for corn or cotton may be adjusted
to suit ■ the peanut crop satisfactor
ily. The later cultivation should be
designed to throw some earth to
wards the plants. It is very im
portant that the soil be kept soft
and well supplied with moisture so
as to enable the peanuts to peg down
more readily.
Various methods of harvesting
may be followed. As the peanut crop
does not ripen evenly it requires
good judgment to determine just
when digging should begin. The
common method of practice is to
plow the vines out with a turning
plow and then gather the peanuts
together with forks, shake them free
from the soil and pile them in small
bunches around a stake set firmly in
the ground. Two-horse diggers hav
ing a “middle buster” which runs
with uniform depth between the pea
nut« are also used to some extent.
Potato diggers may also be used, but
they wear out rapidly in the sandy
soils in which peanuts are generally
grown. The lifting of the vines and
shaking the soil from the peanuts
may be accomplished with a side de
livery rake.
Peanuts should be stacked a few
hours after digging. Owing to the
thick, heavy nature of the peanut
vine its stems and pods cure up slow
ly and are likely to mildew if put
up in large or poorly ventilated
shocks. The poles for the peanut
stacks should be about 4 inches in
diameter and 7 to 8 feet long, sharp
ened at both ends and driven into the
ground 12 to 18 inches. The holes
may be made with a crowbar. Two
strips of lath say 18 Inches long
should be nailed to each pole at a
height.of 8 inches above the ground
to prevent the peanuts from coming
directly in contact with the soil.
This is a very important matter in
order to secure uniform and satisfac
tory curing of the vines and also the
proper curing and preservation of the
peanuts under conditions which will
insure their bringing the best price
on the market.
Pea uts, of course, can be picked
and threshed satisfactorily by ma
chinery. One of these is a machine
especially manufactured for the
purpose and the other is a gra,in
separator which if properly adjust
ed as to speed of the cylinder may
be used satisfactorily for threshing
Spanish peanuts and other small
podded varieties. There are, of
course, other types of machinery
whicho an be used satisfactorily.
Peanuts should only be threshed
when dry, and great care should be
taken to gather and clean them prop
erly.
The yields will vary from 35 to
100 bushels per acre. Even 300
bushel yields are on record. Span
ish peanuts weigh about 30 pounds
per bushel, while the larger varieties
are lighter. The cost of production
for commercial purposes varies any
where from S2O to ?50 per acre. At
present prices for peanuts they can,
therefore, be grown to good ad
vantage and with profit.
CUI.TIVATIN& WHEAT IN the
SPRING
hJL B- G ” , Gni »esville, Ga„ writes; I
have some wheat that was sown the Sth
of November following corn and peas. The
of fertlff» o not R i 5 kcd ' 1 " B<!d 4W pounds
of fertilizer with the corn and 250
Pounds with the wheat. Would it be advis*
anv mnro 18 % "h,- ° U the wl,eat ~n<l
any more fertilizer? The land is dark
loamy soil with red clay subsoil.
About the only fertilizing material
which could be applied to wheat
with advantage at this season of
the year is nitrate of soda. We
feel quite certain that you would
nnd an application of from fifty
to one hundred pounds of this mate
rial desirable and profitable. The
nitrate of sola should be put on be
tween now and the fifteenth of
March. It is best to select a fairly
dry spell wnen the weather is clear
and blight. Put the soda on In the
afternoon, broadcasting it uniformly
over the land. It i B not necessary
-o cover it into the soil as the wa
ter rising to the surface will quickly
G ssol ve it. You W ii> see the effect
of It on your wheat in about ten
riT'of !bi S n L e , ctxsar y t 0 a PPIy mate
rial of this kind relatively early in
.he season so as to give it plenty of
time in which to promote the devel
opment of the wheat. We do not
think rolling the land would be of
any advantage. About the only culti
vation which can ever be given a fall
sown cereal in the spring of the
year is harrowing it. Unless the
season Is very dry •or the ground
s very weedy, we do not think th!>
practice is likely to advantage the
THE MARKET value of good
MANURE
A " Elb erton, Ga.. writes: I am
n,- com P° Bt manure and bedding ma
nLr t n f n o, “n tawp Gordon at tour dollars
right*- D ° }OU think thls price 18 all
This material contains ordinarily
from nine to twelve pounds of ni
trogen, six to nine pounds of phos
phoric acid and nine to twelve
pounds of potash. The plant food
value of these ingredients at the
present price would make the ma
nure from four to six dollars a ton
as a carrier of the three essential
elements mentioned above. While
the plant food of ya’d manure is
invaluable to the farmer, this is
probably the smallest benefit to be
derived from the use of material of
this character. Yard manure un
doubtedly improves the mechanical
condition of the land more in pro
portion than any other substance we
can add to it. This is due to th«
fermenrations t promotes in the soil
by reason of the bacterial life with
which it is infested. Under exist
ing circumstances and at present
prices for commercial plant food, I
would not hes'tate to use yard ma
nure at the figures indicated. I pre
sume, of course, that this material is
of good quality and has not been ex
posed to heavy, washing rains. The
sooner you can apply tc the land aft
er purchasing, the better it will be
Farmers Should Cover Crops on
Grain, Red Clover and Others
During the past several years the
writer has been impressed with the
relatively great area of stubble land
lying idle after the removal of a
grain crop—land in enforced idle
ness from June throughout the
most favorable part of the growing
season. Almost universally the farm
er when questioned as to this con
dition has answered that he had in
tended to break the stubble land
and sow it to peas, but because of
a too wet or too dry season imme
diately following the cutting of the
grain, or because of being too busy
with early planted cultivated crops,
it was impossible to carry out these
plans.
Throughout the months of May,
June and July, just when our grain
must be harvested there is a mul
tiplicity of crops which must be
tended and cultivated, so that ex
tra plowing at this time is neglect
ed. Because of the difficulty of the
task during extreme hot weather
when such work is exceptionally
hard on both mules and man, it is
the plowing of the grain stubble to
fit the land for a succeeding crop,
that is left undone. Before tractor
days the writer had almost yearly
this experience, and longed for a
mechanical plowing outfit that the
mules might be relieved of the ardu
ous work of turning land during ex
cessive hot spells of weather, and
it seems that many farmers are
now practically in the same predica
ment. And this work cannot be neg
lected if we plan to follow our
grains with cowpeas or soybeans.
During the months of October and
February there is no bunching of
labor and time can better be spared
from other crops, so that any crop
which can be planted during these
months either with or on the grain,
will not only insure the use of the
land at profitable crop production,
continuing after the grain is re
moved, but will enable one to use
labor to the best advantage.
Three crops which are adaptable
to this use are, Melilotus, Lespede
za, and Red clover, and all of
these crops are adaptable to the va
rious soil provinces of our state.
For some reason Lespedeza, while
it will grow on the lime lands of
®ur Central Prairie region, never
LOUISIANA OPENS BIG ATTACK ON
PINK BOLL WORM OF COTTON
Louisiana is going into the fight
for the eradication of the pink boll
worm in a manner that has the
thorough approval of officials of the
United States department of agri
culture who attended the conference
on the pink boll worm situation in
New Orleans March 5.
This conference, called by the Lou
isiana division of the American Cot
ton association, went on record as
favoring the prohibition of cotton
planting in infested areas for such
for covering your manures with soil
as promptly as possible is always
good practice.
E. L. G., Garfield, Ga. .writes: What
will be the best fertilizer and how much
per acre for Spanish peanuts? I have red
pebble land with a clay subsoil. How
many peanuts will it take to plant an
acre?
The peanut is a legume and should
as a rule not require a fertiliser con
taining any nitrogen. This should
certainly be true in the case of red
pebbly land such as you describe,
which is presumably what is known
technically as the Tifton sandy loam
and constitutes one of the best soils
in the southern part of the state. On
land of this' character we would apl
ply from 100 to 200 pounds of crush
ed raw lime rock per acre before
planting the peanuts. This should
be put on the land after the ground
has been plowed and harrowed and
prepared for planting. Allow it
stand for a few days after being
harrowed in.
FertiTze your peanuts at the time
of planting say with 300 pounds of
acid phosphate, or some other car
rier which contains an equivalent
amount of available plant food. It
is desirable under ordinary circum
stances, to use some potash as well.
Potash, however, will presumably be
rather scarce this year and high in
price, but we think an application
of some carrier of this element that
will provide your land with 15 to 25
pounds of available potash per acre
will be desirable.
About two bushels of un-hulled
seed, or one-half bushel of hulled
peanuts is required to plant an acre
of land.
SELECTING COTTON FOB BOT
TOM LAND
H. M. W., Waycross, Ga., writes: I
wish to know which is the best kind of
cotton to plant on low, flat land, and
would also like for you to tell me the best
method of planting and cultivating the
same.
In your section of the state cotton
Is more likely to be infected with
the wilt disease than in some other
parts of Georgia. On that account
we would be disposed to advise your
planting the land described to a type
of cotton as resistant to this diseas
as you can secure. There is no
strain of cottoft, of course, wholly
resistant to the wilt disease, but
there are some strains which can be
grown in the presence of this fungus
and will make a better yield than
others. Among the better known of
these varieties are the Covington
Toole, Petty’s Toole, Council Toole
and Lewis 63. These strains have
been bred and developed for some
years past with the idea of making
them as strongly resistant to the in
roads of the wilt fungus as possible.
The Covington Toole variety Is rela
tively early, and is recommended for
growth in sections which the boll
weevil has already infested. You
cannot expect, however, to secure a
good return from it unless you em
ploy all the practical means of min
imizing the damage which the weevil
might otherwise do. To this eud,
you should prepare your ground very
carefully and apply a formula con
taining about 3 1-2 per cent of no
trogen, 10 per cent of phosphoric
acid and 4 per cent of potash. Plant
as early as the ground is warm
enough to insure rapid germination
and chop to a stand as soon as pos
sible The crop should then be cul
tivated once a week, and from the
time the first plants appear above
the ground you should go over the
field carefully once a week and pick
and destroy all weevils. Later on
the squares should be picked up.
You should spray with calcium arse
nate from the fifteenth of June un
til the first of July. You will prob
ably have to spray about five times
in the season, each application be
ing from seven to ten days apart.
About five pounds of calcium arse
nate should be applied each time and
it should be put on with a dust gun
in the evening or early morning while
the plants are still moist with de<V.
Thoroughly dusting the plants is es
sential. The hand equipment need
ed for this work will cost you from
sls to S2O. Calcium arsenate will
cost from 25 to 30 cents per pound.
Be sure you'obtain a standard grade
of this material.
reaches on such soil sufficient height
for cutting or even for good graz
ing. It finds its greatest use on
the moist or slightly moist sandy
loam soils of the cut over pine re
gion, and on the bottom lands of
the northern mountain region,—
soils which range from a neutral
condition to those shown to be quite
acid by the litmus test. The writ
er has seen this plant during ex
tremely dry weather with stems ut
terly devoid of leaves and looking
as though they were totally “burn
ed up,” yet with the first rains
they have sprung into life and giv
en a satisfactory yield of hay be
fore frost. Lespedeza should be
broadcasted at the rate of 1 1-2 to
2 bushels per acre during February
directly on September sown oats.
A light harrowing at this time will
not only help the oats but will cover
the seed sufficiently.
For lime lands of the Black belt
there is nothing better to sow on
grain lands, than melilotus—unless
it be black medic for pasture pur
poses. Because of the varying thick
ness of the seed coat of melilotus
causing uneven germination, in or
der that a full stand be obtained
the first year, it is advisable to use
not less than two bushels unhulled
seed per acre. This can be sown with
the grain or broadcasted later, and
if broadcasted on the oats no har
rowing will be necessary, as the fall
rains and action of the soil under
alternate freezing and thawing, will
provide the seed a sufficient cover
ing.
Some few farmers in the north
ern section of the state have dis
covered that their soil contains suf
ficient lime to warrant a stand of
red clover and on such well-drain
ed upland soli of clayey nature they
are beginning the practice of spring
sowing of red clover on fall sown
oats. But on their lower lands of
silty nature, where the water table
la high, and drainage poor, they
find better success with the use of
the more shallow rooted Lespedeza.
This practice of using broadcast
ed catch crops on grain should re
ceive greater consideration during
the future than it has in the past
by the farmers of the state.
periods as may be designated by the
federal horticultural board, and full
compensation to planters within the
non-cotton zones for whatever finan
cial damage or loss they may sus
tain by reason of the prohibition.
Steps were taken to raise a fund of
or $£50,000 for this com
pensation. The resolutions adopted
concluded with the recommendation
“that all citizens of the state of
Louisiana be urged to support the
movement to avert disaster to the
cotton producing industry of the
state and of the south.”
legislation Necessary
A telegram, in which the governor
and the governor-elect joined with
the president of the Louisiana divi
sion of the American Cotton asso
ciation, was sent to all members of
the state legislature asking them to
indicate as soon as possible whether
their support can be relied upon for
such legislation as is necessary for
pink boll worm eradication. This
legislation will include a bale tax
of 50 cents on the basis of aver
age production for the past five years
or other adequate means to raise
money for the compensation of
planters in the non-cotton zones.
The pink boll worm is now known
to be present in three parishes of
Louisiana—Cameron, Calcasieu and
Jeff Davis, all of them ni the south
western corner of the state. ‘The
officials of the United States de
partment of agriculture entertain no
doubt that they will have the full
co-operation of the state of LouisL
ana in eradicating the pest trorh
these parishes and anywhere else
that it may be discovered in that
state, if similar co-operation can be
secured on the part of Texas, the dif
ficulties that now appear will be
greatly reduced.
States to Establish Quarantine
On the day prior to the New Or
leans conference, official representa
tives of practically all the cotton
growing states met in Vicksburg,
Miss., and agreed that they would
promptly establish §tate quarantines
against Texas and Louisiana, prohib
iting the shipment of both lint and
seed from those states into other
cotton-growing territory until al!
possible- precautions are taken to
guard the cotton Industry against
the menace. The department of ag*
rlculture will probably find it neces
sary to establish such federal quar
antines as will complete the safe-
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