The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-03-04
PEANUTS WILL
TAKE PLACE
Of COTTON
ON MANY ACRES IN CARTER
COUNTY THIS YEAR. SURE
CROPS AND MONEY MAKER BE.
SIDES BEING GOOD FORAGE.

That there is going to be an increas
ed acreage in peanuts in Carter coun.
ty this season is evidenced by the en-.
couragement that county agent Carl
Russell has been receiving from the
farmers throughout this district with
whom he has conferred about the
matter.
Mr.. Russell asserts that there is
not better money crop than peanuts.
They are sure and beside the money
value of the nuts it is one of the
finest forage crops in the world.
Mr. Russell being interviewed upon
the subject this morning said:
"The peanut as a feed and CONNER.
cial crop is fast coming into its own
in Carter county. Farmers generally
realize that to do successful farming
they must have some sort Of a crop.
ping system that will withstand the
adverse weather and climatic con
ditions that we have at different sea.
sons of the year. The value of the
peanut both as money crop and for
feeding on the farm, makes It es.
pecially desirable in the cropping sys.
tenn in this section of the state The
commercial value Of the crop increas.
ed from SI27O,5l5 in 1899 to $lS.271..
929 in 1909 and the increase since
1903 has been even greater than be.
fore that year. These figures do not
take into account thousands of acres
OF peanuts grown for hog feeding pur.
poses
The production Of peanuts for stock
food offers at the present time the
greatest opportunity for increasing
the acreage, as a few acres could be
grown profitably for feed on nearly
every farm in this county. The Purity
Pecan & Peanut plant in Ardmore
furnishes a good outlet for the pea.
nuts that are grown for commercial
purposes. The average price paid for
peanuts the past season by these peo.
pie has been a little better than a
dollar per bushel.
Thousands of acres of land in the
county that now grow from IS to
25O pounds of cotton per acre could.
with half the labor, be made to produce
from 40 to 100 bushels OF peanuts per
acre While peanuts will grow on al.
most any type of soil, a sandy soil
or a sandy-loam soil, preferably light
in color, gives the best results. Soils
that become hard compact are not
adapted to peanut growing, owing to
the inability of pod stems, or pegs"
TO penetrate the surface.
Poorly drained or sour soils are not
suited to the peanut The ideal soil
is a sandy loan containing a consid.
cradle amount of humus or vegetable
matter, together with an abundance
Of lime.
The soil for the peanut should be
thoroughly prepared by plowing, har.
rowing and dragging or rolling. The
time to plow depends on the character
of the soil and its previous treatment.
Where there is no danger OF the soil
washing, fall plowing is advisable, es.
pecially If any coarse material Is to
be turned under Sod land should be
plowed during the fall or winter. On
land where there is no crop the plow.
ing need only be done in time to al. |
low the soil to settle before planting.
On soils fairly well drained level
culture should be practiced. but when
the drainage is poor It is advisable to
throw up slight ridges upon which to
plant peanuts. Where water stands !
on the land for any considerable |
length Of time peanuts should be
planted on ridges, which should be as |
low as conditions will allow.
The prospects for the increase in
acreage in peanuts in the county this |
year looks mighty good in all proba. |
bility will be from to times the |
acreage planted in peanuts last year |
Eleven farmers in one vicinity were |
visited last Friday and every man, |
with one exception, said that they ex. |
pectcd to plant peanuts as part Of
their crop this year Two acres be.
ing the smallest acreage and 75 the
highest acreage"