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PEANUT CULTURE.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Preparation for Market.

The Louisiana State Board of Agri
culture and immigration ind the e:
peliment Station has issued the fol
lowing on peanut culture, prepared D.
w. r. Dodson, Director, Agriculture
Experiment Stations:
In view of the frequent inquiries re
gardlng the cultivation OF peanuts, the
following condensed statement ha
been prepared giving the most peril
nent facts secured from the Louisian;
Experiment Stations and other expert
ment stations in the South:
Varieties-The large peanuts usual
~ seen at the coLfectioneries are The
Virginia" or Tennessee" red" OF
white" varietiag. The Virginia OF
Tennessee red = more popular on the
N tet and the0e seem to be better
suited TO LouisiaAa conditions than tt
TWO white va. leties. The Spanish
peanut has a smaller pea and has
more erect h:bit Of growth, and tho
peas adhere TO the vines with greater
tenacity in the harvest than is char
2cteristic with the o@ber varieties. The
Spanish peanut is, therefore, easier tc
harvest for forage or market than the
other varieties. The Spanish variety
is not quite as rich in oil as some OF
he large varieties The socallet
Mammoth" varieties are not desira
lie so far as the INDICATIONS of the ex
periments at the Louisiana Stations
20 The yields are small and many
Of the pods are not well flied. The
spanish is generally preferred for for
&c and possibly for other purposes
on account of less labor involved IL
harvesting.
Soil-Almost any well drained sol,
in Louisiana will produce fair CROP
of peanuts The sandy soil with
moderate amount of humus is prefer
red. Stiff soils frequently produce good
crops, nut it is difficult TO harvest the
pea satisfactorily and free it from dirt
Red soils, containing a large quantity
Of iron, color the pods and injure the
market qualities. Soils containing el
large amount of stable manure or de
Composing yegc+ able matter are, liable
TO produce excessive vines and Il
small yield of peanuts
Time of Planting-Peanuts SHOULD
not he planted until all danger oil
frost has passed They may be plant
ed as late as the middle of June and 81
good crop made.
Preparation of the Soil-Prepare the
soil as for ordinary staple crops AS
clean culture is desirable, land that is
comparatively free OF weed and grass
seeds is to he preferred.
Flanting-Very slight ridges should
he prepared in ordinary soils, in the
more sandy soils, the fiat row shoul6
be used. The rows may be arranged
from two and a half to three feet
apart The closer rows have -
found to give the largest yields. rhe
hills iii the row should be from So
iaches to foot and G half apart Us
rally the short di' ance is used with
he small varieties and the poor lane
I'd the maximum distance with the
large varieties and the richer land
G anerally two peas are planted to he
hill. In early planting cover some
ghat deeper. 1t is the general prac
ice to shell The peas before plant
ing. Good results are secured by sim
Fly breaking the pods, but they do nolI
come up as quickly when planted ehis
way as when shelled before planting
Planting the whole pods delays germi.
nation and generally prevents securing
a frs class stand 1t will requilf
tiom enc to TWO bushels of peas in
he huh 10 plant an acre.
Crliyation-Fr Frequent shallow cul
tivai ioa up to the time tina. the vino
Begin to bloom gives the most satisfac
DRY results No special precautions
are necessary in The cultivation of the
crop. After the blooms begin to as
pear the vines should be disturbed =
little as possible, though the middle, |
may still be cultivated lightly wifi
any implement most convenient.
Harvesting Harvesting should be |
sin as soon as large per cent OF
Ike peas have matured If the work is
delayed and unfavorable weather pre-
walls here win he greater loss from.
the termination OF The peas as they
mature than viii be compensated foi
by the maturity Of the later formedl
peas. The common method of har
vestfng is 20 offbar the row with a
turnplow Then lift out each Hill sep
arately with ground fork, SHAKING
the bunch to release the adhering
dirt Two or three rows are punched +
together and curing is very much af
ter the order commonly followed in
wlndrowing hay. When a eonsidera.
ole crop is produced they are shock
ed in small shocks around a stick driv1
en- in the ground, making the shocks