The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-07-27
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For PEANUTS
TREMENDOUS GROWTH Of THE
lHDusTRYFIN THIS couN. 4
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SAVANNAH, July 27-The person
who buys nickle's worth OF peanuts
to munchsa the ball game, to feed to
the squirrels in the parks or, to glad.
den flleS hearts OF children at; home
scarcely realizes that he has contribu-
ted TO an industry that last year farm
ed a million dollar crop, and which
placed on the market in various forms
reached the enormous sum of $4,000
900. But 1t is a fact.
This little seductive nut-a resolu.
lion. to .cat just one" is soon forgot:
ten--7&hpscl birthplace is America,
was until comparatively. recently un-
appreciated either as to the money in
them" ar as really nutritious pro-
duct. Today the peanut plays an i'm:
portant, part in pleasure from the
swell diner party to the ever pre-;
sent democracy OF the circus, ball
game or picnic. After all, what is u
ball game, picnic or a circus with,
out. the peanut accompaniment.
By far the largest part Of the crop
is consumed from the peanut stand,
the little whistle sign of the rooster
being the signal for the average
youngster TO suggest to dad or ma
that some OF them would be very &c.
ceptable, and the paternal or mater
nal parents willingness-nine times
out of ten-to invest Yet there are
millions OF bushels that go to the
fattening of hogs throughout the
South the feeding OF poultry: while
the vines often cured as hay, feed
thousands of head Of cattle, and even
old Mother Earth is nourishcd by the
roots of the plant, which furnish nitro
gen. 10 1t from the air.
The result OF all this Is that scion
fists claim that the peanut, which in
the past was not very highly regard.
ed, is the only food staple that will
at once nour'ish man beast and bird
and fields. 1t is the most nutritious Of
the entire nut family, rich in tissue
building properties containing glu-
ccsc and carbohydrates and it is the
cheapest. Beyond the shadow of a
doubt 1t is first from both dietary
and economic standpoint.
-; The fact of the matter Is the pea
nut in about every way is in a class
by itself as regards 10 price, average
number In pound. edible part. waste
of fat. They average about $50 pound
at cost of 10 cents, the edible por-
ton. Is 1856. waste 264. and the a.
mount of fat is placed at so per cent.
These arc remarkable figures when
one stops > to consider them, and
brought out more clearly when COM
pared with the small Texas pecan, its
nearest competitor, which sells for
over a third more, averages but PIG
TO the. pound, has waste OF els.
per cent, edible part of 3S.2, and con-
lains 6S per cent of fat.
! The farming Of peanuts during the
past five years-not longer than this
has become an established industry
of this country. AT present about five
s!xths Of the crop comes from Virgin
ia and most of the balance from Ten
incsscc, Georgia, West Virginia and
the Carolinas, although most of the
Southern states contribute some. AS
the peanut industry has increased so
has the use of'all nuts grown nightly
az al article of food during the last
decade, and the entire family, now
forms a most important part of the
diet of the physical culturist and We.
getarian., 49,,