The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-08

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'am. the Ni,iar planting ~ the peanut ant
the INCREASING fertility ~ ID. sul
soon the Popularity ~ the p~shut IL tho
North b"i to - cultivation pretty generally
throughout Virginia amt the C~arolina-.
Now Il IL the fsSorits nut Tor man aud -
grown IN every Southern stats AMI in
California. Oklahoma aud Missouri and IN
several Northern and Western States
IL has become ~ important that there -
published Ia THIS state the AmsucaN MAJ
JourrdL, which - devoted chiefly a. the
peanut interest IL ~ould be hart to
estimate the number ~ Italian pushcart
merchants Ia all the cities ~ thus country
who depend largely on the sale ~ roasted
peanuts. The circus Or msna xeri. would
Lee a poor thing without peanuts.
The value 81 the peanut crop in the United
States exceeds SIS, III, yU. IL reaches about
0.Uo.Oo pounds and nearly half a million
p.rspns are employed IN it's cultivation.
Some ts,.UIO acres Of land IL devoted to its
culture for market purposes.
SAID "A market gardener here. The
lsqanut will grow un soil that cannot be used
for anything else and Il properly gathered
and carefully marketed 10 will Yield Si00
Ia the acre. The weeds must Toe kept out
AMI "A little lime 10 needed to keep on bugs,
and that il about all the attention IL calls
for"
The scientists 81 the Department ~
agriculture M Washington have com
m~fdet The peanut M u nutritious aud
~holeSome food FOR man and beast. 10
The Former II supplies protein and ash ma
t"rials and To the animals of the farm il is
particularly valuable In combination with
corn and other carbonaceous foods, notably
for young and growing stock
As an imprOver ~ the soil At IL equal To
any lrguininous crop. Its chief virtue
- that " dutFs not consume the nitrogen
~ the soil tho rapid exhaustion of which.
together with slow production by natural
Processes, has led tn melancholy fore
holdings by chemists. The tubercles 81 the
roots collect nitrogen from the air anu
feed II TO the plant without impoverishins
The land.
Au enthusiast on the subject ~ the pea
mn, one ~ the prominent planters Of this
region, says, 1t II olie ~ the safest and
-urcs, ~ Virginia products. IL IL rare
that II falls below ~ pounds to the acre
anu tnrfe IN Always "A ready market Tor 10
al paying prices, either Ia supply the de
mand ~ the cities or az fodder
"fon may be surprised to learn ia many
uses merely for home consumption. Its
history IN much likethat ~ the cotton plant.
You know the cotton grower once found
the seeds "A nuisance and an expense, while
now the profits from the seeds aud other
parts ~ the plant exceed those from the
cotton itself. Every man who has a garden
down here grows peanuts. some of which
he may sell and some Of which his family
vii. eat. For every other part OF the plant
he has a Use. II will feed his cow or his
horse. fatten his hogs, chickens. ducks.
turkeys. geese, and enrich his garden.
You see, the planter who does not give
HIS time and labor to harvesting his crop
for tho market, and you know labor IL
mighty uncertain in the South. may get
about az much profit out VI It by converting
II into meat by simply feeding IL 10 any
kin OF stock that sells readily. Every |
living thing likes peanuts. and the stock
prefers nuts and vines TO hay or fodder.
"Mllch cow especially may he kept in
fine condition by IL. and just now milk sells
Tor 10 cents a quart in his region. Hens
lay steadily under a peanut diet and eggs
bring 10 cents q dozen here"