The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-30
Peanut Culture.

The peanut culture has alb along occu-
pied a very prominent place in Southern
agriculture, and justly so, for it is one Of
the most satisfactory crops the Southern
farmer can grow, says the Florida Agri-
culturist. Ii is often used as a eaten
crop when the intended crop proved a
failure. In this respect 1t fills a very val
uab.e position in that ii saves a season
crop. 1t can be planted the last of all our
ordinary crops and give good account OF
Itself at harvest time. 1t can be planted
in the water furrow of the corn crop at
the last blowing, and in some cases give
a better yield than the corn crop does. In
cases of this kind, either as a catch crop
or as a supplementary crop, care must be
exercised that ii is well and properly fer
ti,ized to give profitable results.
Where oats and wheat have been grown
and the stubble we'll powed under, it
gives the most satisfaction in my expe-
rience. Something in the stubbie OF
these grains contains a sIimulant for
peanuts
After the land is we'll plowed suitable
grade of fertilizer should be applied
broadcast and well worked into the soil.
The quality of the fertilizer used has
more to do with the making and massing
know of. A fertilizer containing more
than per cent nitrogen should never be
used on peanuts because it stimulates
too much vine growth and will yield more
pops than nuts, and the plant being an
air feeder naturally it gets about all the
nitrogen required from the atmosphere.
The proper analysis of a fertilizer for this
crop should be about 10 rer cent. rotasn
and per cent. phosphoric acid, from $40
to 1000 pounds per acre of this.
worked into the soil few weeks before
planting time will give very satisfactory
results. AT planting, burrows should %
laid off about three feet apart with
small scooter pillow and a couple of NUS
dropped in this furrow every eighteen
inches or SO and covered by means OF a
beard in the scooter stock. If the sou
is moist and warm, a very slight cover
ing is sufficient for termination, but IL
the soil is dry, even if warm they don
terminate very readily; therefore in the
case of dry weather when painting they
should be covered a little deeper than :
necessary if weather is moist. great
many of our farmers never plant TINS
crop until near midsummer, when the
conditions are the most favorable III,
speedy germina ton. They claim. ana
tTuthfully so. that they make a more
satisfactory crop then than by planting
IN carry May, as some Recommend "Vi'9'
During the earlier stages of the crops
growth the ground must be kept con-
stantly stirred and all weeds and grass
kept from making any Roadway. At'er
the crop gets well under way. however
IL can generally take care Of itself very
well. Four or five workings being al
that is necessary, everything of course
depending on the season and amount and
frequency of rains.
In our gulf country the variety most III
favor of this crop il the Red Spanish
they grow in a very compact bunch tnas
are early harvested, while the old wni.e
variety even If they are supposed W
yield a few more bushels per acre gets
scattered all through the soil and !
difficult to harvest clean by hand. VI
course, where the crop is grown for nos
feed, the white variety is certainly tne
best, as the hogs will find them howeve.
much scattered. In conclusion, l wouu
urge upon oil the farmers of the South 70
grow as many peanuts as posslp's'
for there is more money in peanuts tnAi
there is in eight-cent cotton-a fact whicn
some of your readers may doubt, but
is a certain fact all the same.