The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-04
SPANISH PEANUTS
EXCELLENT FEED
CROP VALUABLE FOR PAS
TURE, HAY, MEAL
AND OIL
BOTH CASH AND FEED CROP
Can Be Grown On Nearly Any Type
of Soil Except Those That
Are Acid or
AlkaIi.

The Spanish peanut is one OF the
few Iegume crops that can be grown
successfully in oklahoma. Both the
hay and nut make excellent feed Tor
livestock and there is an increasing
demand for them on the market says
Prof. NJ. A. Beeson of the Department
of Agronomy at oklahoma A. & NJ
College.
Many cottonseed mills are buying
the nuts and crushing them for the
oil. BY taking the oil from the pea
nuts one can no doubt improve them
as a feed crop as in the case Of the
cottonseed. Peanut meal should make
most excellent feed for all kinds
Of livestock and having the oil crushed
from it, it should not affect the quail
ity of pork when fed to hogs.
While the large yields of peanuts
are obtained in regions of abundant
rainfall. yet it is quite drought resist
ant and very profitable Yields are
produced in regions Of limited rainfall
The Soil For Peanuts.
Peanuts prefer a sandy loan type
of soil, but they can be grown on very
near any type other than very acld'
alkali or hard, imperYious clay soils.
II the surface soil forms a crust ana
4 becomes very compact as it does IN
some Of our clay soils il may prevent
the pegs or spikes from pene-
trating the soil. If this should happen
the Yields would be materially de-
creased as the Spikes must enter
the ground in order to produce the
seed pods
II requires from ninety to one hun
dred and ten days for Spanish pea
nuts to mature AT the present time
more peanuts are grown in the south
and southwestern part of the state
than any other section, and in many
places they get enormous yields An
acre will yield from Tfteen to ninety
bushels Of peanuts, owing to the ma
ture and fertility of the soil and to
he season
The seed-bed for peanuts should
be prepared the Same as for cotton
or corn. The earth should be free
from clods with a good earth mulch
to permit the seed pods to be planted
in moist earth. Planting should be
done after the danger Of frost is over.
As rule it is better to plant the
peanuts in the pod instead of planting
the hulled nuts, Some follow the
rlan of soaking the peanuts for 80
to As hours by adding enough water
10 the peanuts to Thoroughly wet the
nods but no free water should be
present. A. the end of So to 4S hours
the soaked seed should be planted in
moist earth, never in the dry soil,
How to Plant.
Several methods and devices are
used in planting peanuts. There are
peanut planters on the market that
have proved to be a success and
where the farmer is planning a suit'
4 cient acreage it will pay TO buy a
y peanut planter Where planting only
a small acreage they can be planted
hv hand or by modifying some of thf
Y Old cotton Or corn planters to plan
peanuts by charging the opening II
the plates There are now on The
market planters when plant not onl!
\ peanuts but corn cotton and sorghum
as we'll In buying a new planter 7
4 might be well to keep this in mind.
n Peanuts should he planted in row
u SIS to A. inches apart and one pot
Y should be dropped every Il to J.
" inches in the row When thus seede'
n II will require from one to two bushe
a Of peanuts in the pod to the acre
Il rhey should be planted deep enoug'
n 10 he planted in moist earth. II po'
NJ gible in order to secure a good stant
n One to two inches represent the usua
4 limits in the depth of the soil.
N must he remembered il soaked ser
Il are planted, one essential is they mus
ii he planted in moist earth that is We
q hrmed about the pods, otherwise the
N viii dry out and the vitality will /
N DESTROYED.
N Peanuts should be cultivated n
n same as corn cotton or any otht
X cultivated crops, until the pods begl
10 form. After this they should NJ
"A be cultivated very close TO the plant
y After the pods begin to form II
n not necessary to cultivate unless
Il destroy weeds and grass, then not tC
II close to the plant,
u Use Harvester, II Possible.
al There are several methods that me-
n he used In harvesting peanuts.
" YOU grow them on a small scale al
n your ground is very loose they MI
IN he pulled by hand. Some use a col
u mon moldboard plow by taking {
E the moldboard Where many acr
r. are grown and harvested It is be
n to use a peanut harvester which nj
n be had at implement houses
n Peanuts should be let grow un
n thev mature or till frost, providi
Z they do not begin to rot If they |
y gin rottlng to any extent It is bett
n TO harvest Immediately
X The peanuts should be thorough
dried and the hay cured before sta,
Il ing or threshing them. Be careful
stack them as closely as possible.
peanuts make very coarse and op
stack They Will not turn rain a
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