The advocate., 1897-08-25

narrow shovel, and drop two nuts at
proper intervals. It Is better to cover
with q hoe about two inches deep
When a large acreage is planted, the
seed may be covered with a plOW and
rolled with light roller, or planters
made for the purpose may be used and
will insure more accurate distancing.
CULTIVATION.
"The time-honored plan Of barring
of at first plowing is being abandoned
since it has become known that nuts
are not formed at considerable depth,
and shallow and clean cultivation with
side-harrOW or cultiVator Is taking It's
place. The blowing, whatever imple-
ment is used, should be run about
every ten days, and after every heavy
rain as soon as the soil is dry enough.
The cultivation should continue as long
as it can be done without disturbing
the vines, but not after the nuts begin
to form. The practice Of ridging up
and covering the blooms with soil is
being generally abandoneu. Tests
made at the experiment stations have
uniformly resulted favorably to the
level as against the ridge system. In
working the soil, a very little OF 1t
should be turned towards the plants,
merely that the center of the middle
be kept lowest for the purpose Of drain
age.
HARVESTING.
"There is a plow made for the pur-
pose of running beneath and cutting
the tap-rOOt of the vines The Spanish
variety may be simply barred off and
the vines pulled up by hand. Unless
the soil is very light and loose this will
not work with the varieties which form
the nuts far from the crown OF the
plant. A buzzard-wing sweep may be
made to answer the purpose tOlerably
we'll. Take it Ito blacksmith and
have him heat it and turn one wing
edge up so as to act as a landslide,
like the bar of a turning-plOw. The
other wing should be hammered fiat
and made sharp to run under the vines.
This can follow turning-plOw, or
with strong team may be made to do
the work alone. Pull up the plants by
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four rows together, roots up. The next
day they may be stacked around a pole,
with rails on the ground to protect the
bottom layer. Pack around the pole,
roots within, leaving an air-spaCe next
the pole. Cap the stack to protect
from rain. In about twenty days the
nuts may be picked off and the vines
stored for hay. On large peanut plan
tatiOns threshing machine Of pecu-
liar construction is used, but we have
never seen one and cannot describe it.
1t is not probable that many of our
readers will need such a machine for
several years. After the nuts are
picked they should be cleaned iand
culled before being sent to market. A
little mechanical ingenuity will enable
one to make cleaner that will answer
every purpose for a small crop. The
process includes vibratory hopper to
separate the pops from the filled pods,
and a revolving vessel perforated to
let out dirt and sand and polish the
hulls.
YIELD.
GAS in all other crops, the average
yield of peanuts Is very small as COM
pared with special yields. The aver
age yield in the United States is about
eighteen bushels per acre; while fifty
bushels is considered fair, and 100
bushels only good crop. Much more
than 100 bushels has been made. The
yield depends largely upon Lne soil, but
more upon the cultivation and care
in harvesting. Besides the nuts, from
one to two tons of hay per acre is
made"