The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-06-10

aneSe walnut are extremely TlCn LII
oil and protein, and have pleas
ant flavor. Of our common black
walnut, easy-cracking and mild
favored varieties, will some day be
grown in great orchards for an
abundant supply of cheap and high
ily nutritious food for the masses.
The timber possibilities of the
walnut deserve separate mention.
Think what the farmer would be
gaining-the nuts while the tree is
growing, and the timber after the
tree is grown!
The peanut, like many another
sturdy and unobstrusive friend in
time Of need, is beginning to be val
ued at it's true worth in these days
of need and stress. For years the
peanut has been recommended by
forward-looking dietitians as a
rich and cheap source of fat and
protein. The peanut, hard and con-
centrated as it is, needs to be care
fully masticated, but people rarely
chew the peanut as thoroughly as
they should. On this account pea
nuts have gained an undeserved
reputation for being hard to digest.
However, when nlasticated properly
they are reasonably digestible, and
may be freely used, even with chill
dren over ten years.
| The peanut in it's normal state is
too rich in oil to be wholesome as
a regular diet; thus the oil is ex-
tracted and used for various pur-
poses. In fact, the peanut is rich in
the richest of foods, some fifty per
cent. of protein. The one important
factor about peanut oil is that it is
ready for use just as soon as it is
extracted; hence it comes to us just
as it comes from the press with a
! good color, and a sweet nutty flavor
Peanut oil is highly valued as a
table or salad oil. 1t is easily d.
gested and furnishes an abundant
source of heat and energy to the
system.
Peanut butter is too concentrated
to be served as it comes from the
Jar, but should first be combined
with cream, milk or mayonnaise
until it is of the consistency Of may
onnaise. But sad to say, most peo-
pie do not know this, so consequent
ly, it is not widely utilized. No food,
Of course, can be judged by it's fuel
value alone, but it is interesting to
note that from the point Of fuel
value, peanut butter is worth three
times it's weight in round steak,
seven times its weight in potatoes,
four and q half it's weight in eggs,
and three and half its weight in
white bread.
Peanuts are utilized to great ex-
tent in candy-making, and they add
a great deal to it's nutitive value.
Another valuable product, peanut
flour, is being put on the market,
which is readily digestible, whole
some, and palatable. In fact, the
nitrogenous food in this product is
more easily and completely digested
than wheat flour. The great value
of this flour lies in the fact that it
is balanced ration supplying the
requirements of the body with the
necessary ingredients usually sup
piled by bread and meat.
Peanuts are grown on almost ev-
cry Southern farm; but we should
encourage the planting of larger
crops. Get the boys interested and
we will get better results. Little
chaps of ten or eleven years can
plant one or two acres, and cultivate
lthem quite unaided and, get a good
profit of from fifty to sixty dollars
for each acre.
Just so long as the nut is regard
ed as dainty, suitable only for des-
sert the demand will be limited. But
as its merits come to be appreciated
it will be in greater demand, and
the industry will rapidly grow in
volume. It must be admitted, how
ever, that the public will have to be
educated to look upon this choicest
of all natures products as a staple
food before we can assign to It it's
proper place in the national bill OF
fare.
The nut growers of the future
+ will be the aristocrats of the agrl-
cultural world. "Plant nut or
chard," says DR.. Kellogg, "and eat
tho fruit of it and get in line for