The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-01-17
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Profitable sthod of Disposing of
&t53 Crop Other Feeds Needed for
Hardening aud Finishing. s

The peanut, sometimes called spin
ldar" or gooberp in the South, is Of
growing imp rtance for hog feeding
in the South thern States The under
ground nuts are usually harye yested by
turning hogs into field when the nuts
are ripe, allowing them to do the har-
.vesting. It has often been demon
strated that the most profitable neths
cd Of selling edible farm products is
by feeding them to live stock. 1T is
very likely that the Southern farm
ers will find a more pro oftable method
of disposing Of peanuts than by feed
ing them to hogs and finishing the,
hogs on other feeds to harden the
flesh. *. "a Il IS a & y & lSSsss. &.
Meat packers have questioned the
quality Of the meat from peanutSfed
hogs. Examination Of the flesh Of
hogs fed exclusively on peanuts and
succulent feed shows that it is not
quite so firm in texture as corn-fed
pork, and the shrinkage is somewhat
greater. 1t is therefore advisable for
the farmer to use some feeds which
have tendency to harden the. flesh
of the animals before slaughtering
time. Corn is so high at present that
it is not considered economical for
this purpose. In some of the South
ern States farmers have turned their
attention to the use Of sweet pota-
toes, velvet beans, and cowpeas for
this purpose. Some farmers have
planned combination of these crops
which has practically solved the prob
lem Of cheap feeds for hardening and
finishing during the last 80 or 40 days
Of the feeding period.
In order to determine accurately
the feeding value of peanuts for hogs,
the Texas Experiment Station con-
Quoted test in 1908 in which pigs
averaging 43 pounds at the start were
fed exclusively on Spanish peanuts
for a period of 81 days, the nuts be-
ing separated from the vines in order
to ascertain definitely the quantity
fed. The results Of this test show
that the quantity of peanuts required
per 100 pounds of gain in live weight
was only 296 1-2 pounds. This re-
markably good showing is emphasiz-
ed further when we consider that the
average results of tests at nine diff
ferent stations in the United States
show that 500 pounds of shelled corn
were required to produce 100 pounds
of gain, and that in no instance was
less than 479 pounds required
According to the foregoing figures,
an acre of Spanish peanuts of yield
of 40 bushels, allowing 80 pounds to
the bushel, would produce approx
mately 405 pounds of pork, which, if
valued at z cents a pound, would
amount to $28.35. These results seem
to be entirely in accord with those OBJ
tanned by other Southern experiment
stations that have made similar ex-
periments.
Many of the oil mills throughout
the South have been equipped to
crush peanuts, so it is now possible
to buy peanut meal and cake. Most
Of the oil mills manufacturing peanut
oil use the same methods of grinding,
cooking, pressing, etc., that are used
for cottonseed oil, but frst-grade
oil can not be made from cooked ma
terial. Cold pressing the peanuts with
the hulls gives high-grade oil, but
relatively less of ia, because it does
not permit as thorough extraction of
the oil.
There are two grades of peanut
meal, one the peanut meal derived
from hulled NUTS, and another (pea-
nut cake) made from the whole pea
nuts cold pressed to extract the oil.
Peanut cake (unhulled) contains
more fiber, due to the hulls, but also
contains larger percentage of fat.
The hulls add little or no feeding
value to the cake or meal, being very
low in protein and fat. Most of the
carbohydrates are in the form of fiber
(75 per cent? and hence are very low
in nutritive value for the pig.
There has been a widespread de-
mand to know if the meat Of hogs fat
tened on peanut cake or meal would
be hard, firm, and free from the OBJ
Jections that are made to meat pro-
duced by feeding the whole peanut.
To answer this question intelligently
the authorities of the Texas Agricul-