The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-01

nut is used only as n delicacy. The au-
thOrities learned n few days ago, how
ever, of an establishment in Memphis,
Tenn, which is doing considerable bust
ness in the manufacture OF peanut meal
or grits and peanut -four, besides other
valuable products. Samples of the manu-
facture forwarded to the department for
inspection have Just arrived, and ASsis-
taut Secretary Dabney is going 10 parcel
these out among his acquainJances for
trial. Among other things, the meal is
pronounced excellent for soup or broth.
and a proper recipe is in the hands Of
authorities for making it. One adVant-
age claimed for this American meal over
the foreign article is That it contains but
per cent of peanut oil, against % per
cent Of Oil found in the German meal
This contains more gluten than wheat,
according TO the announcement of the
chemists, and pound has as much nour-
ismenL as half pound Of beef. The de
partment learns that there is another
factory for the mauufactur. of peanut
-four and meal at New York A gentle
man in St Louis has a mill also, which
turns out small product.
VALUABLE FOR MANY PURPOSES.
1t will be seen that the farmer who can
raise a good peanut crop, if he knows how
to utilize it, can, instead of selling his
yield at % cents per pound, which is
about 30 cents bushel TO the middleman,
use it as food in place Of wheat But the
oil which is pressed out of the nuts be-
fore they are ground is valuable for vari-
GUS purposes. The first grade oil is a
good substitute for olive oil, of which the
American people are the largest consum-
ers on the face of the globe. The Euro
pean manufacturers have long ago learned
tn Inn # oil Gf a "a
market for olive oil.
The farmers peanut crop can also be
used extensively, as the learned men at
the department Of agriculture believe, as
food for mis- cattle and other live stock.
Peanut cake, a by-product or rough resi-
due from the oil press, is exceedingly
nutritious, aud four or six pounds sufiice
as "A daily ration for an OK. In this re-
spect it is something like the products of
cotton seed.
When the peanut is not ground for
-four or meal, after the first extraction Of
oil it may be roasted in a manner similar
to that employed by the Italian vendors
when another oil product is obtainable.
This can be put 20 variety OF uses, of
which not the least is its use as a lubrl-
cant for machinery. These things have
been done Tor some time in Europe, but
the department desires now TO spread the
lHAOAuldbLDA hAhOHb INC AuA1A AAhu idIIli-
ers.
One possible difficulty stands in the
way, and that is the kind of peanut which
is grown. The farther you 20 from the
equator the less oil peanuts contain. So
it is that the Virginia goober is very valu-
Bile TO eat, and in this respect excels any
that are brought from across the seas, but
it is very doubtful il il would be worth as
much for feeding live stock or for food
products.
While the supply is fully equal TO the
demand In this country, and it is not the
special aim Of the department to increase
the yield, IL is believed that the crop can
be raised over a muchlarger territory than
at present. Virginia, Georgia aud Ten
nessee are the three first peanut producing
states at present in the order named, fol-
lowed bv North Carolina, South Carolina
and Alabama Very few bushels are
grown elsewhere in the United States
Mr.. Handy says there is no doubt that
peanut raising an extensive scale would
be possible from Oregon south on the fur