The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-22
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lssu and where They Grow ana
aFr Cultivated ana harvested


lssu and where They Grow and
Afr Cultivated ana Harvested
The -cinni n not = nui ~ all II lg
ground pea. aud u called mat be-
Tisr o has nutlikc shell. The plant
blossoms M tine air aud sunlight. bar
after the blossom has fallen on the
STEM upon which % was plOwa or
punches itself Into ihc ground several
Inches. where the seed portion ~ the
flower begins 10 enlarge aud develop
Into pale yellow. wrinklcd. curved
pod with slight drawing iogriher
IN the middle m the STEM do,r knt
find he way into the ground within q
day or two after the flower fails 90.
the stem dies. The surface of the pod
Is netird. a
The peanut has nevctf ieen known 10
grow wild. aud Il Is not known where
u sentative a hundred years ago the
peanut was leading article OF food In
Africa. and the slave traders loaded
their vessels with them aud the ne.
grors lived on them on the voyage.
II grows ahundantly In Japan. China
and In al East India countries. TWAS
not much cultivated IN the United
stuies until 1861 Their extended cul-
iiaaiion was she insult OF the war.
l'ntil then there had been large im.
poriaiiuns frOm Africa. bat since 1870
this country has raised all II has used.
Virginia. North Carolina aud Tenncs-
see produce most 81 the crop Of the
United States Under god conditions
before the land has been exhausted by
raising the same crop too long, they
can rulse from ~ 10 Too bushels b. tho
urre.
The pea vines are better food f0r eat
he than timothy hay and almost as
L,ld a. dover. Peanut meal o. good
food Tor cattle A bushel OF good pea
nnts weighs about twenty-five pounds.
The peanuts are plowed up. rather
than dug mp The pillow turns up the
foil and iaosens the vine aud pods from
Ire earth and they are then pitch.
forked out Of the ground. the earth be-
ing carefully shaken from The plants.
They are plowed up in the morning.
pitched Into ruWs soon after aud at
night pitched into n stack about pole.
seven feet high Rails are laid below
the vines so that iie lower pods will
not De- pressed into the earth and be-
spoiled. The vines are so placed as 90
have the pods Inward toward The pole
ara q space ls len Tor ail' next Go the
pole. ON the top II lhe stack Is has
or comsialks Ia keep out the rain.
The stack n lcfl from two 10 three
weeks and then women aud children
pick the good pods from the vines.
This Is slow work aud quite expensive.
Some farmers leave the vines two DAYS
after blowing before they are shaken
lui. aud some make their stacks 9 feet
hirh. Some leave them in the stacks
lees Tran Two wecksand then put them
in harns iill they arr ready 81 market
.hem Or have the leisure 90 pick them.
Some farmers pick them fum the
vines los machines. The pods are
lcaned hy machinery before being put
In sacks \ sack holds four hnshels.
eanris well pur up and kept in q dry
lincr arr good for many years
There ap about i.unWn bushels 0f
peanuts raised ln the United States
arh year. The r'si ~ the world
raises five times rs many as the nitcI
states or 2Dtauosn bushels
The peanuts are of four grades. The
.irsi three grades arr for three grades
lf vendors ~ ruastcd peanuts. The
fourth arc for coufecillncrs for burnt
ilmolds.' OF peanut candy.
The American people pay Si0.O01Oo0
Tor peanuts not Co eat NJ food. Int %
lihhlc for Fun. s-