The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03

production of feed and food stuffs
OF the greatest value, the peanut and
its products are destined to become
one Of the greatest factors i'll solv-
ing the problems that now confront
this nation and the world as
whole.
While the peanut industry, as TAR
as the development OF it to its tuH-
est scope in both food and feed i'm
portance, is in its infancy, enough
has been accomplished by the ex-
periments up to the present time, to
he most convincing in its nature, that
il is already entitled to an import
ant place among these products and
that it will rapidly and continually
grow in favor and Importance.
The farmer who has land that is
adapted to the raising OF peanuts,
by directing his efforts in the pro-
duction of them is not only doing
his share toward aiding his country
in greater highly essential produc-
ton, but most important to him.
will realize far more in actual re-
turn in cash for his labor. This is
not an idle unsubstantiated remark.
The records OF past years have prov
en- it conclusively. The strongest
substantiation OF this statement can
be had by the L. s. crop report OF
December. 1917 which shows that
peanuts have far outranked cotton,
wheat. corn and oats for the past
two wears in value per acre. The av-
erage farm values per acre Tor I9lo
and 1917 are given as follows: Oats
S12lS. corn $l2.55; wheat $l9.25;
cotton S34.50; peanuts $62.3S. This
shows. that during the past two
wears, peanuts have been worth per
acre, nearly twice as much as cotton.
three times as much as wheat and
five times as much as oats or corn
As before stated, this comparison
has not been arrived at by approx
mate estimates, but by actual pro-
duction. and should be convincing
enough to demand the most serious
consideration of those who have
farms made up OF sandy land and
soil OF sandy loan, which are the
most practical and result-producing.
There is no room for argument. The
comparisons speak most eloquently
for themselves.
THE grade OF peanuts that are
used for commercial purposes. give
the farmer the greatest return" said
+. S. Stahl, vice president and gen
eral manager of the Purity Pecan
Plantation Company, "for this class
make up grade No. and are used
for the manufacture OF CONNECTIONS,
salted peanuts, peanut butter and
peanut flour and naturally command
a higher price than the lower grades.
The lower grades used for feed pur-
poses, however, show most ma
teral profit and the cake made from
them for stock feeding purposes is
a feed OF proven worth that con-
tains food properties not equalled in
any other. The following compar-
ison speaks plainly for itself and
does not call for any detailed rela-
ton OF its merits: The nut and
shell contains protein 25.S, fats 386,
carbohydrates PA, ash 2 and water
%; oats, protein l1.S0, fats 4,96;
corn. protein l4.2S, fats 5.54 wheat,
protein ll.&, fats 200; alfalfa hay,
protein 1923, fats 2.l5. Besides the
mixed feed to be obtained from the
peanuts. the peanut hay compares
with alfalfa and COW peas in food
values and gives yield OF from one
fourth of ton to one ton to the
acre. with one half ton per acre as
fair average"
The steady increase Of acreage in
peanuts during the past few years
5 indicative of the fact that the
farmers are awakening to the decid-
ed advantage in raising peanuts. In
1916 the territoray adjacent to Ard
more had peanut acreage of about
from three TO five hundred acres, in
1917 from 1900 to 1000 acres and
in 1918 from 1000 to 10000 acres.
We look for steady increase of
acreage for the coming years for
those who have raised them know
the advantage in dollars and cents
and many others are making investi-
cations and will ultimately awaken
10 the fact that they are not realiz-
ing as much from their land and
labor as their neighbor.
Peanuts are thought by many to
be indigestible. This is not true, how
ever, il they are properly masticat-
ed. They have gained this reputation
among some people because they
t3ave not been properly prepared
and eaten in large quantities after
L hearty meal, between meals or late
at night without proper mastication.
This bad repute has been brought
about BY abuse rather than use.
The relative food value of the fol-
lowing comparisons are clearly set
fortn: Ten cents worth OF peanuts
are equal in food value to 62 cents
worth OF steak, "a cents worth OF
milk, 20 cents worth of cheese, Is
cents worth of potatoes and . cents
worth of beans.
The following food and feed prod
ucts are made from the peanut that
have thoroughly established them
selves in everyday use: Peanut but
ter, peanut oil, peanut cooking COM
pound. peanut flour. oleomargerine
compound, peanut cake, peanut meal
peanut hulls, peanut mixed feeds,
nearut hay and beside this, a very