, 1892-07-09

lost sight of. In ten or twelve days after
planting, work with plows and hoes should
begin and continue, at intervals of two weeks,
until the inter-looking of the vines prevents
further cultivation. The soil must be kept
loose about the plants and entirely free from
weeds. At the first blowing great care
should be taken not to cover the young
plants-throwing the dirt away from them
but at each successive blowing the earth
should be thrown loosely around them.
Care must be observed not to run the plow
so close to the vines as to risk outing or
disturbing them. Careless blowing always
results in partial loss of crop. Hoes should
follow and complete the work that the plow
has begun.
Mr.. Walker has this to say in regard to Gull
~tiyation
by the time the peas are half way up
I run a side harrow as close to them as possi-
Bile. Eight or ten days after this l harrow
again, and then put in the hoes, to get rid
of the grass, loosen up the soil, and throw
dirt up to the peas when necessary. After
this | prefer to use a double shovel every ten
days or two weeks, until / have gone through
them five or six times. FOR the first two or
three Of these ~plowings | run my shoyels
deep after that the depth is immaterlal; but
each working should be a little further from
inc pIhnC Iu&u LHe procuring Oho1 Az OA"OA y"
avoid disturbing the runners. My peas are
laid by from the middle of July to the first
of August, and cultivation is finished by the
latter date. In working, after the peas
have begun 10 spread, it is hard to clean
them therefore, they should be thoroughly
cleaned of weeds before they begin to spread.
Careful culture pays better with this than
with most other crops indeed, the secret
Of success in peanut grooming as good Cat-
ture."
A farmer who cultivates thoroughly viii
experience ne difficulty III obtaining a yield
of from fifty to seventy-fve bushels per
acre.
The crop is dug. or properly plowed NJ,
between the goth Of September and the 10th
OF October, Necessar ~ harvesting should
begin earlier north Of Ohio river. This
however, is a matter Of no great concSrR,
except that the vines make splendid proven
der, especially for cattle, when gathered
before killing frost occurs. The latter en-
tirely DESTROYS their yaiu. for f1ra4e. Thus,
while YOU are digging your peanut crop,
Won are making hay at the rate of from one
ton Ell acre on poor soil TO two tons on good.
The value Of these vines can be reckOned at
the market price Of tue best hay.
In blowing up your crop use a small
turn-plow, with a sharp, fiat wing attached,
called, in the South, '1he peanut point"
Run the pillow along on both sides of the row,
close enough to sever the taprool and deep
enough so that ali the peas will be brought
to the surface. To avoid the possibility Of
leaving any # the peas buried, it would be
advisable to have men follow each pillow with
pitchforks, lifting and shaking the vines.
then replacing them to become thoroughly
dry before shocking. Mr.. Walker has the
following to say in regard to peanuts that may
be accidentally left il the soil
When the peas are all gathered, | turn
my hogs in on the field. This should always
be done, as hogs viii fatten nicely ON an old
pea field, and there is no sense in wasting
the peas that have escaped the gathersrs.
Indeed, I believe that if this were the only
use we sscould make of peanuts, it would still
pay TO plant them, and know that, with the
proper tillage, etc., there SIS money in them
even at fifty cents per bushel."
If the weather is favourable, the vines may
be left four or five days in the field. The
nuts intended for seed should remain III the
open air, weather permitting, for a week, thus
giving them an opportunity to become
thoroughly dry.
After four or FIVE days the vines are
shocked around a pole. which should stand
from six to seven feet above ground. turning
the nuts in so that the vines will afford pro-
lection against the Indictment weather-rain
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