The Huttig news., 1911-05-13
PEANUT INDUSTRY.
Offer Cottonseed Oil Mills an 0ppurtity ie
 Keep Running.

that presents itself to future use of the peanut is the cottonseed-ol mill. As the boil weevil by it's ravages upon the cotton plant, re- duces the seed receipts of these mills, what better opportunity is offered the oil mills to keep their plants running than by substituting the crushing of peanuts for cotton seed and allowing the peanut oil to filYin the gap left open by the fall ing off in cotton oil. Peanut oil, 1t must be clearly understood, can do more than meet every requirement of cotton oil. such as for cooking. dressing. salads, soaps and com pounds. for it can go higher even to the very high level of olive oil. fof it must be known that peanut oil is the nearest approach to olive oil of any other vegetable oil. A chemical analysis will show very nearly the same properties in both oils. The residue, or cake (which is afterward ground into meal), can just a readily take the place of cot tonseed meal.
 These words in the Monthly Bulletin of the department of agri. culture and commerce of Missis- sippi by c. U. Dahleren of the Gloster Oil O.. call attention to the growing importance of a South ern crop. to which are devoted about 35O,oOO acres. yielding on an average about 36 bushels to the acre and totaling in value about $l2.OO0.OO0 annually. The crop is of such importance as to war rant the publication by the National Department of Agriculture of Far mers' Bulletin No 45l. by ". R. Beattie, dealing with the culture and rses of the peanut. MT. Beatties s conclusions are as fol- lows:
 The peanut is worthy of more general cultivation throughout the Southern States, especially in the boil weevil districts where it will in many cases be more profitable than cotton.
 The uses of peanuts as a general farm crop throughout the Southern States are becoming more numer- ous. especially as a means of pro viding suitable forage for range stock during the short winter period.
 The demand for peanuts to be used in the preparation of human foods is constantly increasing.
 The United States is heavier buyer of peanut oil than is pro- duced abroad, while there are thousands of acres of waste lands in the Southern States that would produce enough peanuts to keep the oottonseed-ol mills running and furnish, more than enough oil for home consumption.
 The peanut is soil builder and renovator. If included in the crop rotation and properly handled, pea nuts are not exhaustive of soil fer tility.
 While the average yield of pea nuts is only about 54 bushels an | acre, with proper methods yield of SO bushels of peas and l to lll2 tons of forage may reasonably be expected. There are authenic records of yields of l6O bushels of Spanish peas. together with 2 tons of forage, per acre.
 The peanut vines, after the re- moyal of all the first-class peas, have a feeding value practically eonal to the cost of the field cul- ture of the crop. An acre of first class peanuts. calculating the yield at a ton of vines, worth from $8 to ! $lO, and 60 bushels of peas, worth 4 $40 to $50, will give an income of ] $48 to SEQ. The cost of growing an acre of peanuts is variously es- timated at $l2 to $25, including seed and fertilizers, These figures