The Little River news., 1919-04-23
Raising Spanish Peanuts.
 ByH M Cottrn County Profitable Farming Bureau, Ashdown Ark

yesting wheat and oats grower in Faulkner County harvested crop of wheat, immediately planted SPANISH PEANUTS on the land, raised 75 bushels of nuts acre and got the crop off in /. time to SOW the land that Fall to wheat He has kept his soil built up with building crops and this made the peanuts grow rapidly. They would not mature quickly on poor land.
 On ordinary land planting should be done In May
 FERTILIZER: Acid phosphate, 200 to 250 pounds an acre makes the pods fill out better and heavier there are fewer empty pods and the yelo IS great er Cottonseed meal 100 pounds an acre, ln- creases the yield of hay from the tops. At Cam den Ark one ton of crushed limestone an acre on old cotton land make yield of 120 bushels nuts an acre Adjoining land without limestone yielded 40 bushels. an acre.
 PLANTING: Mark the field off in straight rows 50 inches apart Drop single, unshelled pods every eight inches in the row. cover la to 1ncnes ueep. These distances will take two bushels of seed an acre. 60 pounds. Where a careful man Works mule that will not tramp the vines when cultlVa1- ing the yield may be increased by making the rows only "A inches apart.
 c w Watson Assistant Director of Extension in Arkansas. raises SPANISH PEANUTS on his farm in Lonoke County every year. He has found that he gets better stand by putting the peanuts in sacks just before planting and sinking the sach in the creek for "A to 48 hours. He dralns OH tne water and plants immediately.
 Small fields may be planted by hand. Special peanut planters are used for large helds
 CULTIVATION: Cultivate shallow, level and often Some growers harrow the peanuts just be- fore the plants break through the ground ana again as soon as the rows show, with l4-tootned garden harrow, taking out the center tooth ana stradding the row. Any cultvator suitable for the shallow cultivation of corn is satisfactory TOT pea nuts Cultivate every ten days from the time the rows show until the plants bloom. Cultivate shal- low and keep the land level. Two neighbors raised SPANISH PEANUTS. One secured 50 bushels an acre. the other 70 bushels. The farmer that rais- eded the large yield, cultivated twice after his neighbor stopped
 Many farmers think that the end of the vines must be covered with dirt in order to make the peanuts set This is not true with SPANISH PEANUTS unless heavy crust is formed on the surface.
 THE YIELD depends on the stand Most grow CTS do not get more than half stand and conse- quently do not raise but half crop. The average yield in Arkansas is 34 bushels acre. Good stands would nearly double it. In one peanut growing district in Arkansas the yield on many farms is only 15 bushels an acre The row are too far apart, the peanuts are dropped too. tai apart in the row, the growers are careless apout the quality of the seed and many plants are des- troyed in cultvating. The yield of hay is a ton or more per acre.
 Get a good stand, keep it through the season and raise at least 50 to 60 bushels an acre. Emma D. Stokes, Henderson, Texas. 14-year-old girl rals- cd 292 bushels of SPANISH PEANUTS on an acre and two tons of hay from the tops. The yield wa certified as correct by the county agent and two dsinterested citizens The crop was grown on sandy land and perfect stand secured, rows 50 inches apart and plants thinnd to and two plants every inches apart in the row.
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 The small farmer should raise enough SPANISH PEANUTS to produce tho hay he needs from the tops. The nuts will give him good cash crop.