Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-19

NUS does not seem 10 be whether JneS
should be srown OF MOI, but TO WhaJ
extent Jucy should be grown and no"
| they shuuIG be marketed. There are
! three leading ways OF marketing al
/ present First Ior the edible trade
second for the oil mills, and third
/ through pork production.
No markets in the state are serving
/ the edible trade and as this trade is
very well supplied il will not be posi-
bic to dispose OF a great many nuts in
this way without influencing the price
adversely. However. a sufficient amount
of Georgia nuts should be used to sup
| ply this trade within the state.
1t would certainly be desirable if at
one or two points, Smelling OUTFIT could
be installed and a portion of the nuts
| sold TO the shelled trade. The lower
grades could be used by the oil smills.
While the oil mills have not been buy
ing extensively, the majority of them
have been experimenting with peanut
oil production and will probably be in
the market next year for considerable
quantities.
The production of pork by hogging
off peanuts has been practiced for some
time in the state and should be contin-
Ted even though ii seems desirable to
produce a considerable acreage of pea
ruts for the mills.
The amount the farmer can get per
acre from these different methods will
determine, Of course, the way he will
dispose of his product. The majority
of the nuts produced in this state will
probably either go TO the oil mills or
Ae converted into pork At the present
prices of peanuts-s70 to $50 per ton,
and the price of hogs at s cents per
Ia fol
of the crop is to sell them TO the mills.
If there were any assurance that the
present price would be continued there
would be no question as to methods
or disposing of the nuts IN the future.
1t is not probable, however, that the
mills will be able to continue to pay
the present price for any considerable
length of time. An attempt was made
TO secure some estimates as to what
could probably be paid when cotton seed
and cotton seed oil returned to the aver
age price prevailing before 1914 Esti-
mates were obtained varying all the way
from $50 to $50 per ton. As will be
shown later, when the price drops be-
low $50 per ton. it will be more profit
able for the farmer to convert peanuts
INTO pork If present prices are main
tanned. If mill men and farmers work
together. good market for peanuts
Tor oil production can be established
1t will be necessary for the mills 10
pay price at which the farmers can
produce the nuts proftabliy, and the
farmer in turn will have to produce
a sufficient quantity of nuts to make
II worth while for the mills to try to
use them.
During the present high price of pea-
nuts at would be well to learn how to
81 nj,
that when peanuts are reduced in price
the grower can still make a profit I'm
der present averages in the neighborhoOd
OF : cents per pound. This, of course
includes all the items of cost. such as
rent or land, use of mules and use of
implements and machinery. With the
yields decidedly above the average it is
probable that the nuts can be produced
at less than cents per pound. If so,
some profit can be made in selling the
nuts for less than $50 per ton.
IL We use > cents per pound as the
cost of production, harvesting and mar
keting. and cents per pound as the
selling price for hogs, we can get di-
rect comparison between the profits
when sold to the mills and the profit
IN hog production. On this basis 900
pounds of nuts per acre would cost $40,
1900 pounds $50 and 1000 pounds $40
If 1000 pounds of nuts is comparable to
200 pounds of pork 1900 pounds to 800
pounds of pork. and a ton to 400 pounds
OF pork, we have returns per acre at
5 cents pound per hog of SIS, S24 and
S32 respectively. The best information
obtainable is that it costs about / cent
per pound to produce the nuts harvested
by hogs. This means a cost per acre,
on yields mentioned of $40, S15 and $50
per acre-or profit of So, So and S12
per acre. At 1-2 cents per pound, for
nuts sold to the mills, the return per
acre would be s35, $50 and $40 on the
same yields. This would leave a profit
of SIS, s22.5O and $50 per acre and
would be very much in excess of the
profits given by the hogs.
1t is assumed in this case, that the
profit on the hay would be required to
maintain the land in state of FERTILITY
equal to that left by grazing peanuts
off by hogs. If . 1-2 cents were OBJ
tanned for nuts at the mill il would
mean return of $25, $3.50 and $50 re-
spectively. This would leave a profit
of s., $3.50 and $40, as compared with
Sc. 50 and $12. In such case hog pro-
duction would be slightly more profit
able. The amounts of pork produced for
the yields mentioned, are certainly the
minimum that should be expected, and
II seems probable that a larger return
can be secured. recent investigation
in a south Georgia county shows a re-
turn of 345 pounds gain per acre when
grazed by hogs. The yield of peanuts
was not obtained but the indications
were IL was above the average.
In many cases small farms are not
provided with fences. often a suf-
ficient number of stock hogs is not on
hand to utilize all the crop. At present
peanuts can be exchanged at the mills
on the basis of one ton of peanuts for
two tons of meal. The meal will give
a somewhat ffrmer flesh and the amount
of pork per acre can certainly be in
creased by making this exchange Pea
nut meal, however. is a rather narrow
ration and would have to be mixed with
some other food material to get the
best results. 1t is learned from some
of the mill men that they could prob
ably always give as much as ton and
a half OF meal for a ton of peanuts
Even this will be a desirable exchange
SOY BEANS FOR OIL PRODUCTION.
T. +. B., Augusta, Ca writes: We are
hearing a great deal about the cultiva ton Of
soy beans Cor the purpose Of filling ont the
oil ana meal crops - this section. We are
that tire bon weeviI is going to curtail