The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-02-02

important. 1t will handle about four
bushels an hour by hand Price of
this machine is about $500.
Any kind of FLAT cultivation ;s
all right Some use Little Joe har-
| rows for the first and second worL-
ings, but these should be carefully GET
SO as not to throw too much dirt. A
weedcr dragged across them for the
hrst working does very we'll Plow-
ing should be with a much worn
scrape or one with the wings cut to
nearly point so as to throw very lit
tie dirt; run this fiat. Peanuts sbonld
be worked to keep them clean of
grass, not to make them grow. as is
the case with cotton. 1t is very nee
eSsary' however, to keep them clean
OF grass and weeds, for they are not
only twice as expensive to gather in
grass, but you lose large portion of
the crop pulled off by the grass. and
lot OF it will also have to be stacked
with the nuts. which causes them TO
keep and thrash badly. After pea
nuts begin to form care should be
taken not to pillow too close so as to
disturb them. Let your last blowing
Ordinarily be simply run out the mid
dies, fat.
Stack poles should be feet long,
NO LONGER. Set them in the
ground l8 inches, firmly so they will
not blow down. Nail on two cle2ts 3
or 4 feet long, crossed Is to l8 riches
above the ground Lay vines across
the cleats until base is formed, then
turn nuts to the pole and build on I'D,
bring to point at the top and cap
with grass. Gaping should be we'll
done so as to shed water from the
nuts. Do not, however, pile lot of
dirt and wet grass on top, and cut off
the draft OF air up the pole.
The best pillow we used to get them
up was the Avery Potato Digger
pillow. made by B. F. Avery and Son,
OF Louisville, KY. but an ordinary
two-horse pillow with the wing re-
moved did very we'll; still others got
very good results simply from two
burrows with a 4-inch scooter on a
single stock. 1t depends largely on
your land as to what is actually re-
CURED to get them up, loan ano
sandy land being much easier than
stiff heavy soils; for the latter | rec
commend the potato digger pillow men,
toned above.
Early in the morning it is we'll to
pillow up and put in very small piles
until the dew is dried, then put them
in the balance of the days work right
in the stack. Lying IN the sun caus-
es the vines to curl up and gives
trouble i'll stacking, and does not ap.
pear to help the curing. The idea for
such small stacks is they cure better,
and the whole stack can be hauled to
the picker without tearing them up.
and shattering off and wasting lot
of nuts.
| When are the nuts ready to dig?
You should gather them at the time
when you have the greatest number
OF mature nuts on the vines; couple
this with the appearance of the vines,
shedding off leaves, etc. The kernel
LOT both may be full sized but the
white shelled nut will shrivel up and
result in very little weight or worth.
An ordinary year nuts will begin to
sprout to the root before the vines
die, However, very wet year fol-
lowed by hot dry weather sometimes
Icauses the vines to die before the nuts
do much sprouting This was the
case in this section in 1916, and result
ed in much loss. Where the vines die
the nuts come off in the ground and
were lost. This occurrence is rare
q
and was caused by the abnormal sea-
sons of 1916. AS before stated. ordi-
narily nuts will begin to sprout next
to the root long before the vines die.
and you have plenty notice that they
are ready to be gathered. An ordi-
nary year you will lose nothing by
two or three nuts to the vine sprout-
ing, as three times this many will
REACH maturity out towards the ends.
When the inside of the shell is white
and the kernel full size it is largely
water which will dry out; as the shell
begins to turn dark. oil replaces the
water, giving plump nut that will
mot dry away. Peanuts should re-
main in stack four weeks and longer,
according to the weather. before pick
ing. They should be allowed to fully
dry, otherwise no machine will clean
them from the vines, in addition to
which they will heat, mould and rot
if bulked.
Now as to picking: Do not be talk
ed into buying any make of thrashing
machine to use for your peanuts. This