The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-17

l, involve hundrsds of aerss. ana aosorn. | modate thousands of trees.
 The walnut. the royal nut of tbs 0eaden Days, has become Ameriosn.
 fixed after vfcarious existsncs If
 1000 years following its Persian birth.
 A the English, French. Royal, or Itai-. ian--all the sAms-it has tsksn firm hold in California. and, like other. members of the family, can ba grown as far north as New England. Thsre were groves Of black wainuts on Man. hattan century and half ago. The nlbert. named sor the German saint. Phnibert. has . small but growing popularity among nut-Erowers
 According to the American Consult General at Hamburg. Americas biggest possibilities in nut cultuns lie in the peanut The peanut. some one has faoetiousiy said. was so-eallsd because It 10 neither pea nor . nut still. American hoFtfculturists class tt in the nut family. and there 1t will stay. It # locally known as binder. goobsr. ground nut and earth nut The United states peanut crup 1 sls.oo0.ooo bush- els . year. with | falns of $l0.ooo. 900 .ii produced nearly four-nfths of this amount, The worlds annual produe- ton is s0e.0oo.eo0 bushels. and tt isl said if the peanut oil industry couId be developed in this country the an. nuAl produce could be made infinitely Grsafer and open up greater resource Of the sonthsrn states. The improved methods of cultivation. the improved quality of the nut and the better mar ketfng facilities Ait conspire to make the farmer sda this to his other crops The psaAut if properly cultivated, win STOW h any place where corn will Erow. Fraucs uses many miiiions pounds of nuta. imported chiefly from Africa, while England malces large annual importation from both Africa and India fI3a
 Peanut oil is used for .iubrieatinr substitute for olive oil. It is com- potent part of much oieomargarias and is kitchen substttute for lard and butter. The oil is pysssed from the nuts--after they have been winnowed, shelled and the fine skin rsmoved-with only . small amount of heat applied. The second and third prcssinGs are, dcne at . Ersstiy increased tempsrAsl turs. Just As ths rssfdue loft from making cotton seed oiiNts used as . cattle food. 60 that from reanut oii making is put in cake form and used for the same purpose in Europe. It is also ground into . flour ovvr there and used as . food for the table. Soup, griddia-cakss and mufsins arc made with 1t as . large ingredient, and 1t has been found nutritive and palatabie. The butter In pasts form made from peanuts hass become . staple fao6 among vsgetarians, whc substitute nuts for meats. after the teachings of Linnaeaa Cuvier and virchow. who held that nuts and fruits contain all the natural foods for men. In order to successfully compste with the other oils. the peanut oil industry must be handled by mill big enough to use 1s,00o tons of peanuts annually.
 The larger part of the American pea nut crop reaches the consumer through the hands of the street vendor, but . eoodiy amount soss to ccnfsctionsrs. soap makers and chocoiate snanufae- turers As every part Of tse peanut vine can be used except its tap root, its economic value is not to bS over. looked.
 Copyright. 1908. by Frederic [
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