The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-04-08
pl Ant A PEANUT PATCH THIS YEAR
Good Money Crop, Good Hay Crop One OF the Best
plants for Pork=Makng and Great Soil Inn
proyer~--Details of Planting and CULTIVATION

light upland fiat culture is more
satisfactory. The rows arc drag.
geo down about level with the
harrow or drag. On low lands that
are noy SO we'll drained, the ridge
culture is used. There are several
one horse planters Oh the market.
The seed should not be planted
more than l to II inches deep on
well prepared soil. Frequently a
poor stand is caused by putting
the seed too deep,
CULTIVATE SHALLOW AND OFTEN.
If a crust forms on the field after
planting, il should be broken by
running over the land with a
veeder or light harrow. One
should be careful about doing this
Just as the young plants are COM
ing through, as they are quite ten
der. After they pass this stage
they are net easily damaged by
cultivation until they begin to "p'g
down. In fact, on light, porous
soil they are sometimes covered up
entirely Wit, earth to check the
grass: i hey viii III t01i1lec' out after
staying under The soil several days.
However, there is danger of check
ing the growth Of the plant by
using this method on heavy soils.
Grass and weeds should be kept
out during the early growth of the
plants, and if this is carefully done,
the danger later III the season will
be slight. BY the proper use OF
weeders and cultivators, the use of
the hoe can be practically elimin.
ated. One thing to be emphasized
is the rapid use Of the light nipple
ments during the early growth OF
!. the plant.
PEANUT SHOULD BE MORE GEN
ERALLY GROWN,
The peanut being legume Zone
of the very best soil renovators)
gives it an important place in our
place Of agriculture. It can be
worked in a two, three, or four
year rotation with other farm
crops, and when grown in this way
does not require artificial fertiliza
! ton. When the roots and vines
are allowed to decay OF the. land
! it is one CT the best suil.improvers
! known. If fertilized at all, {
3 hone-mixed fertilizer, with analysis
) l per cent nitrogen, 4 per cen
; potash, and 8 per cent phosphori
3 acid, has been found profitable
L Peanuts should never be plantel
) successfully Oil the same land
: They demand rotation.
. The average yield per acre Q
{. peanuts is entirely too small. Be
= cause they are easily grown farm
i ers get intosthe habit of@not doin
> 50 we'll as they can. The Ian
: should be well drained and pulvel
: Lied. No crop can succeed on
= poorly drained and cloddy SO
8 There are a number Of farmer
$ who have grown from 100 to d
y bushels per acre, and yet the ave
. age yield is net more than &
= bushels per acre.
y The peanut should be, and coul
= be made, one Of the lnostprofitab
crops. in the South. Every pa
- Of the plant can be converted in
IN a profitable product. Millions
I'd pounds Of pork are fattened a
re nually on the puts that are le
ID in the fields after. harvesting
e-]ItDat can be saved. There is n
~ thing better for fattening POI
to than peanuts. An experiment
re Alabama shows that pigs nal
be more rapid gain when fed on the
ne than on any other.1ation.
ne The peanut vines, when proper
he cured, are equal to clover hay
~ feeding value. In the pean
OF. States they are one Of the CHI