St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-01-15
A PEANUT Mill in
SIGHT FOR OPELOUSAS
mir. 7. S. IseCks Says he has Assurances 0,
Such an Enterprise II
PEOPLE WILL PLANT PEANUTS
He Secures Information fer the Cultivation Ol
Peanuts, aud as 10 the Cost and Market
Prices

Il have assurances to the effect
that if the people of this section will
plant sufficient acreage of peanuts.
there will be established here mill
for their manufacture into oil.
So says Mr.. 7. S. Isaeks, connected
with the ST Landry Oil Mill, and an
oil man of experience.
When the culture Of peanuts was
/ first agitated, Mr.. Isacks at once
took a deep interest in it, his know
ing eyes seeing a good thing for this
country. He wrote to the depart
ments of the United States and of the
State, with the result that he obtain
ed information which conyinces him
that the peanut crop will prove a
boon to this country.
Mr.. Isacks hands US the following,
which is indeed interesting reading:
The following information concern
ing the cultivation and preparing for
market Of peanuts, has been obtained
by me through the Bureau Of Manu-
facturers of Washington, D. G., from
the Agricultural Department at Baton
Rouge La, from seed dealers, and
through correspondence with other
parties, and it is practically correct.
The best variety of peanuts to
raise for the market are the Spanish
peanuts.
"They are planted in the Spring
in rows of about 2 to 3 feet apart,
by putting two to three nuts to the
hill and 8 to 10 inches to the drill.
They need no blowing or picking
from the ground when gathering.
Vines Of a hill are grasped and pulled
and every nut leaves the ground still
clinging to the vine; thus many acres
may be harvested by one hand, to
each acre of cotton he would pick.
It is stated that two crops have
been grown on the same land in one
season.
The crop is about as reliable as
could be expectedand not subject to
the miseries of the cotton crop, and
thefarmers can make more money
out Of it than he does out Of cotton.
The peanuts are pulled and shock
ed like wheat-but in small shocks to
cure the hay and loose the peanuts
from same.
''They are cultivated in an ordinary
manner, for keeping the land as clean
as possible until the vines begin to
bloom; after that the vines should
not be disturbed at all, but the mid
dies may be cultivated if necessary.
Tt requires about one bushel to
plant an acre, and the nuts to plant
will cost about So per bushel.
IAN acre will yield from one to
three tons according to cultivation
and are generally worth from $25 to
| $50 per ton as soon as they are de-
Ilivered to the buyer.
The boil Weeyil does not bother
them and they are ready for sale very
nearly as soon as they are gathered
| Furthermore, the crop is generally all
ready at once, and not like cotton
which keeps on making bolls.
Besides the peanuts, an acre viii
yield about ton and a half o. hay
which is superior to alfalfa or any
other hay
PEANUTS BETTER THAN PEAS
The following is from well-knoWr
i farm paper, and tells the superiority
of peanuts over peas:
A great deal has been said aboui
cowpeas as a soil improver. They
are good, but pinders or peanuts il
a long shot better than coWpeas
which is not generally known b.
J most farmers; il fact, very few far
mers know the value of the peanu
as a soil improver; they lead all othe
crops as nitrogen gathers. Dig up
bunch and note the little nodules o
knots around the roots which contain
{ the nitrogen. Cowpeas and pinderi
or peanuts combined or grown on Ian
at the same time beats anything ye
discovered as soil restorer.
Mr.. Isacks tells us that partie
! who manufacture rice threshing ma
: chimes also make an attachment TO
the threshing Of peanuts.
There was party here last mont
month" says Isacks, who was offer
; ing $4,000 per ton for peanuts in cal
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