The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-21

hsw snd where They Grew ana
tgr Cultivated aud Harvested.

hsw and where They Grew ana
tgr Cultivated aud Harvested.
The peanut ls not nut at an. n b.
= ground pea. aud a called nut he-
sgnse Il has a ~ like shell The plant
I blossoms Ia tntalr and sunlight, hut
after the blossom has FALLEN OF the
stem upon which u was plowa or
punches itself iuio the ground several
Inches. where thc seed portion Of the
1ower begins 10 enlarge aud develop
into a pale yellow. wrinkled. curved
pod" with n slight drawing together
! ln the middle. n the stem docs not
I ind its way into the ground within n
| day or two after the flower falls ~.
the stem dies. The surface ~ the pos,
b. uettcd
The peanut has never been known to
grow wild, and Il Is not known where
u Is native A hundred years ago the
peanut Nyas a leading article OF food In
1 Africa. aud the slave traders loaded
their vessels with them and the me-
grocs lived on them on the voyage
II grows abundautly In Japan. China
and IN all East India countries u was
not much cultivated IN the United
/ States until 1876. Their extended cul-
/ tlyation was the result of the war
/ tntll then there had been large I'M
| FORMATIONS from Africa. hui since 1870
/ this country has raised all Il has usrd
/ Virginia. North Carolina and Tonnes
see produce most 81 the crop of the
| United States. Under gu<d conditions
I before the land has been exhausted by
I raising the same crop too long, they
eau raise from ~ 10 100 bushels 10 the
0cre
The pea vines are better food for cat
tie than timothy hny and almost as
good as clover Peanut meal Is good
/ food Tor cattle. A hushel OF good pea
mas weighs about twenty-five pounds.
The peanuts are plowed up. wder
/ than dug up. The pillow turns up the
I f1ll aud l0oseus the vine and pods from
I the earth. and they are then pitch
/ f0rked ont ~ the ground. Tbs earth he
ing carefully shaken from the plants.
they are piowcd mp Ia the morning.
pitched into rows som after and at
night pitched Into a stack about q pole.
seven feet high Rails aro laid below
| ihc vines so thIt The lower pods will
not be- pressed into ihc earth and be-
/ spoiled. The vines are so placed 49, 60
have She pods inward toward The pole
aud space Is Left Tor air next 90 the
| pole. on tho top 0f the stack Is hay
or curnsialks 90 keep out ilr rain
The stack Is lcft from two % three
weeks. and then women aud children
pick ihr good pods from the vines.
This II slow work and quite expensive.
Some farmers leave the vimes two DAYS
after blowing. before they are shaken
Iui AMI some make their stacks n feet
high Some leave them in the stacks
less than two weeks and then pui thrm
Ia harms till they are ready % market
them or have the leisure o. pick thrin
Some farmers pick them from the
vines 10y machines The pods are
cleaned hy machinery before being puf
la sacks. 4 sack holds four bnshrls.
leanuis we'll put MP aud KEPT in dry
p,are arr good for many years.
There nre about 4.0pUn bushels 81
PEANUTS raised IN the United States
zach year The nJst 0f the world
raises i've times rs many ~ the nitcd
STATES. or 2nAun.tlu bushels
The peanuts are OF four grades. The
I iirst thre grades arr for three gra,ies
n vendors % Roasted peanuts. The
fourth are for confcctioncis Tor burnt
almonds or peanut candy
The American people pay shannon
Tor peanuts. not i0 ,,it as fund. hut 60
nibhle Tor fun.