The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-13
PEANUTS NOW USED
IN MANY new FORMS
sio,;clu Processes Improve The III.
with The Demand incrras;hS ka!'-
id.y-Crop ntspimcing Cotton.

Prelow. one of the largest growers III
Virginia.
In furthering war activities pea
nuts are valued for the oil they pro-
duce which is used in manufacturing
the highest explosive compound,
said AR. Pretlow. Mills for the
of this oil have sprung
up everywhere, and the Government
orders increase daily. Because OF
this demand there will be large in
crease in the output next year. 1t is
feared that there may be a shortage
in the supply needed by CONNECTION
ers before the producers are able 10
adjust themselves to the situation.
THE grade of peanut oil has I'M
proved tremendously. This is very
largely due to the demand for pea
mt oil as a substitute for olive Oil,
which has become scarce. Much
greater care must be given to the
production of salad oil in order to
fill the gap left by the scarcity OF
olive oil and many new processes
have been worked out and some
splendid results will soon be shown,
Peanut oil is excellent for cooking,
cosmetics, sardine packing, oleomar-
garine, soap, miners lamps, medlcai
emulsions, kid gloves, and silk man
ufacturers, and peanut oil roots are
used for putty, washing powder,
glycerine, black grease, roofing, limo
leums, insulating materials, oileloth,
paint base, cotton rubber, and arti-
fetal leather.
There has not been the increased
demand for peanuts themselves as
food which it was believed would
come with the war. This may be be-
cause they combine so readily with
other foods and are more easily
transported as peanut butter or in
some other preparation, for there is
great waste of space in the hulls. Be
sides the soldiers want things for
food that appear to be substantial
Peanuts were recently selected as one
of four most nutritious products I'M
der consideration by the Red Cross
in preparing a palatable food for the
soldiers
THE many uses of the peanut are
just beginning to appear. W hlle
verv little of the product was ever
allowed to go TO waste, beginning
with peanut -four for bread, and go
ing on down the long list we find
that every part can be utilized. Even
the vines are used for fodder and
feed for the cattle, and hogs can be
depended upon to root up any pea
nuts that are overlooked and left in
the ground.
Before the Importance of the
very high grade oil was considered,
hulls and all were used in its manu-
facture, but now they are carefully
and the bulls are carefully
prepared for their particular use.
While a few of the peanut mills are
grinding peanut hulls with mixed
feed for stock, and others are selling
them for stock as they come from the
shelter, there is still another market
for them-that of polishing tin plate
during it's manufacture. When
ground for this purpose they must
be put through attrition mills line
enough to pass through thirty-mesh
wire. This product brings as much
as $40 per ton. The inferior bulls
are used as fertilizer and fuel.
1.-The meats, besides making an
excellent flour, can be utilized for
stock feed and fertilizer and also in
the manufacture of dyestuffs. Pea
nut meal is now produced in large
quantities. The by-product of pea
nut ola peanut cake-is the most
recent addition to the list of useful
products. When there was no great
need for conservation this cake,
which is a hard mass, was thrown
away, or sometimes was ground up
and used for fertilizer, but it is now
made into peanut meal, or the better
grade is used as a flour substitute.
There are twenty-five grades of
peanuts now grown in the South.
More than four million acres are now
under cultivation and much of the
land formerly used for cotton is now
used for growing peanuts and has
proved Just about as productive.
Texas, Alabama, and Georgia lead
the States in amount produced. Each
has well over a million acres, and
Florida, Virginia, Arkansas, and the
Carolinas have from half million to
10000 acres under cultivation. Ok
lahoma, Louisiana, and Mississippi
have shown great strides and bid
fair very soon to be among the most
productive. States.
''The peanut market of the West
ern States heretofore has been al
most completely given over to the
Oriental peanuts, most OF which
have come from China, and there has
been considerable confusion over the
embargo recently placed on impor-
tations. While it has been possible
to import peanuts from the Orient
and sell them at lower price than
that quoted by the domestic dealers,
the domestic product is superior and
with increased acreage the prices can
ho hotfor ri iuctad ~