Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1896-04-28
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experiment stations.
The yearly production o. peanuts IN
this country is about 1000, 600 bushels
Of % pounds, the bnik Of the crop being
produced IN Virginia. Georgia. rennes-
see and North Carolina These t,0oo,.
600 bushels. whilo fuiiy supplying tho
present demand Of the United stntos.
constitute but q email part Of the pea
nut crop ut The world. ns the evporta-
tion from Africa and India 80 1892
amounted loneuriy 400, 600, 600 pounda.
Of which $4,000, coo pounds went 10
Marseilles for conversion into oil
The largest part Of tho American crop
is sold by street veDdeFe, but small
amounts are used by confoctioners, choc-
olate manufacturers and fok Tie manu-
faoture Of oil Peanut oil is used Tor
lubricating and soapmaking aud Is
good substitute for olive oil for salads
and other culinary purposes and aa a
substitute for lard aud cottoleno and
butter in cooking. The residue from oil
making, known as peanut cake. Is q
highly valued cattle food IN the coun-
tries Of Europe and Is also ground into
flne hcur and used as human food. 10
makes good soup. griddle cakes, muf.
tins, eto., aud q one Of the most nuiri.
tive Of foods The vines, when dried,
become a very nutritive hay. readily
eaten BY stock, though requiring caro- in
iho feeding lest Il produce colo
The present uses of the peanut and Ste
products are likely 70 be greatly extend
Cd and new channels Of utility found
for e, as has been the case with oottoA
seed. With better methods Of tillaRe and
q larger yield per acre the cost Of pro-
duction could be greatly lessened- Ac-
cording to the eleventh census. the aver-
ago yield Of peanuts in the United
stntes in 1899 was i7.0 bushels per
acre, the average in Virginia being
about 80 and IN Tennessee 30 buahels
Per acre. This appears 70 be O very low
average. especially as Official aud somi-
Official figures give 90 or 60 bushels rs
an average crop, and 100 bushels are not
an uncommon yield.
While the peanut has been cultivated
IN the United States TO q limited extent
for q number Of yeare. II IL only sincs
1859 that tho crop hra become OF pri-
mary importance In the eastern section
Of this country, which seems peculiarly
adapted TO ita production. Between 1865
and 1870 the rapid spread Of the culture
II peanuts was phenomenal. Each yoaI
doubled and az times increased three
fold its crop over that Of the preceding
year, 20 that this country, from being q
large importer Of west African nutsl
was aoon able TO supply the loplassil
demand with the home raised afticla
Virginia, North Carolina and Tennea'
see produce o large part Of the peanut
crop Of the United Stntea Within the
last few years this crop has ceased 10 b
as profitable as heretofore. The method
Of cullure-the annual planting Of mutt
on the same land, the lack Of proper 20
tasion Of crops, tbe complete removal ol
al vegetation from the land and the fail
uro 70 replenish the soil by means q
fartilixers-has been great factor n
reducing the profits Of the crop BY -
duoing the nbility Of the land TO pro
duce such crops as were previously So
cured Ia that section, 30 that now In
stead Of an average Of 90 bushoia pei
acre, with frequent yields of over lOs
bushels, the average IN the peanut SEQ
tiuns IL not over 30 bushels. while th'
cost Of cultivation has been but slight.
reduced.
Aareearda food value, peanut kernels
with an average Of 2e per cent Of pro
tein, 40 per cent Of Fat and IA per cen
Of carbohydrates ia the dry material
take Z high rank aud shoala be Glasses
With such concentrated faods ~ eo9
beans, cotton 1cod. etc. The vines ~
shown BY analysis TO be aupOrior =
timothy hay as a feeding stun Epd bu
slightly inferior 10 clover hay.
The ground hulls are used % q con
siderable oxtont as q ooar1o fodder d
European countries Peanut meal, th
ground residue from Oh extraction, is
valuable feeding stuff highly approoial
"a aud extensively used in foreign o0un
tries. Il contains. a. the averages q
over 2. 900 analyses show, ooout 81 re-
cent Of protein. 8 per cent Of fat and z
per cent OF carbohydrates and ig ono ,
IN0 most uINulsi aa"A ANNAA"8 Ht"N
viii which We are familiar, rankin
VITA collonsead nlaal, llnsssd meal. etc
and in roma cases ahead of them.
IN describing iho uses q peanuts e
a0wcely necessary TO more than refer
ere uao 70 which fully lhreofoprihp
tho American Faiecd crop "a deVotaI
The nut q serted in che factory inl
four grades. the frHt, second and thi'
bsina sold 10 vandall o1 fha roasted pe
nut either directiy o. THROUGH iobher
whiie iho fourth "a sold 70 eouioctlone
70 bo unod in the making q 'Duu
alnonds poanul candy aud the cneal
ar grades II chocolales Tho extent
e fllo ura a ihe paanui By The Alferlc'
> people win 30 more fnily appgee.nt'
~ nhen a % rtmembored chat they p
1900 600 huahel1 Of nuis yearly, a.
oosi 20 tho consumoIa % ei0. ooo. 90
which 40 nol form part oI ihp regal
p artloloa of food. hpi are eaten pl q
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