The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-20
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hou and where They Grow ana
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new and where They Grow euo
'Fc Cultivated nnd harvested
The ncanui Is not nuf at an. II 81
ground pea. aud Is called 4 nut be-
.Fii-c y has a nui-like shell The plant
blossoms in the alF nnd sunlight. hui
aifer ilIe blossom has fallen on ihs
stem up0n which 10 was plnwa or
punches itself into the ground several
Inches, where The seed portion Of the
Tower begins 70 enksgc aud develop
INTO q pale yellow, =, rinkled. curved
ped with slight Aswing together
Ia the middle II N NJ lem docs moi
mud iis way into the s.,ad within A
day or TWO Hfier the MNfer falls IN
Tie stem dies. The surface ~ the pod
Is Melted.
lhe l.apni has never been known 10
grow Wild. and u l. moi known where
ll Is native. A hundred years ago the
peanut was leading article Of food In
africa, and tue slave traders loaded
Their vessels with them and the ne.
groes lived ON Them ON the voyage.
II grows abundantiy IN japan. China
and IN all East India countries IN was
not much cultivated IN the Tinted
stnics until 1855 Their extended rnl.
lltaiion WAS the result Of the war
lni! then there had been large Inn.
porinilous from Africa. but since $50
ills country has raised an ID has used
virginia. North Carolina and Tcuues.
see produce most of The crop OF the
! nlted States Under gQ<i condition.
before the land has been exhausted by
raising the same crup too long, they
can raise from - 10 luO bushels 10 tho
ncrc.
The pea vines are better food for eat.
TIE than timothy hay and almost as
good ~ clover Peanut meal Is good
TODD for cattle A hushel of good pea.
huia weighs about twenty-five pounds
y he peanuts are plgwed up. rather
lhlh aug up. The plow turns up the
.nii aud looscns the vine aud pods from
ne earth. and they are then pitch.
iorked out Of the ground. the earth b..
ing carefully shaken from the plaut.
ihey are plowcd up in the morning
pitched into rows soon after and af
nlfht pitched into q stack about mole
seven feet high Rails are laid below
iie vines su thai thc lower u0ds will
rot hr pressed into tie earth and be
spoiled. The vines are 30 placed ~ 10
nave The pods inward toward the pole
ihd q spare u lcit FOR uir next 90 the
pole on the Top Uf thc stack Il hav
DO cornslalks 20 Keep ont the rain.
ihe stack Il lrft FROM two I'D three
weeks and then women and rhlldfrn
llrk ihe good pods from the vines
Ihis y slow work AMI quite expensive
some farmers leave the vines two DAYS
liirr blowing before they are shaken
go. and some make their stacks a feel
iigh. Some leave them IN the stacks
'-'s Than two wccksand then put them
u barns till they auc ready 70 market
hem or have the lcishre o. pick them.
Nomr farmers pick them from the /
.lhrs hy machines. The pods are I
leaned 10y machinery before being NM /
"a sacks. 4 sack holds four husbels 1
eanris well put up aud kent la a drr
lace aw good for many years
inrre nrr about i.enuln bushels Of
raised Ia the United States
ath year The rest of the world
ilses ave times as many as fhr Tinted
.iales, or 2btuttu bushels.
The peanuts are ~ four grades. The
~ lhnre grades are Tor three grades
/ wonders ~ roasted peanuts. The
,ulih are for cunfertiunrr,s for burnt
lnolhs' or peanut candy.
ne American people pay Slnup0u
,,r peanuts. not 10 oii rs food. hui 10
ihh.e for fun.