Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-05-02
Peanuts and
Their Culture
,By y. I. McAlester, Agricultural
Agent of the Frisco Railroad.

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Agent of the Frisco Railroad.
The peanut crop is destined. be-
lore many years, TO be one OIL the
most beneficial crops produced. we
md the crop to produce more iced
lur livestock per acre than any oth-
cr plant. II puts more fat on hoSs
than any other feed for the same
length OF time. 1t produces more oil
per acre and per ton than any other
vegetable plant. The oil obtained
from peanuts is better tor cookinp
ana for salads than any other oils.
II will produce more eggs in win
ter when fed To hens than any other
kind of feed. With all of these
good things to the peanuts credit,
don't you think that the crop should
he materially increased?
Peanuts grow on any kind of soil.
| but sandy loan is the best tor
| them. The preparation should b"
| like that ttr other crops bu, not
| like most of them do. The land
| should be turned from three to five
inches deep, according to the hard
ness of the soil Ii should then be-
narrowed thoroughly to pulveriZe all
the clods. The better il is prepared
should be- covered about like corn.
Sufficient seed should be planted to
| insure II good stand. Remember ev
cry time you miss hill you los"
Just thu, much. | would advise that
at least un" and onc-iourth bushels
per arr" hr planted to insure Il good
stand. Nuts should be ten to twelve
inches apart in the row. They can
be planted in flat beds with good re-
suits. but perhaps they will not he
cul,iyaicd as easily AS they would
be if they were On levcler land Al
ter they ar" up they should he culti-
waited abont as cotton \ Scratcher
is about the hest tool to cultivate
with as il throws but little dirt and
the few vines that are covered up
Will soon come ont again. If any
| part Of the vine Is not covered it
will not br necessary to bother with
lit A common section harrow can
be- used with good results If the nuts
| are low enough to prevent them from
| being pulled out of the ground. The
grass should not be- allowed to grow
lamOnE the nuts because ii will make
them harder to gather, besides the
yield will not he nearly so large.
They should he cultivated until the
vines cover the ground sufficiently
20 Erep down the grass and weeds
" hen about so per cent Of the nuts
are well matured they are almost
ready Ia harvest. Great care should
b" taken in the harvesting. A Geor.
gia stock with Il huzzard wing sweep
on ii MAX" Il good digger. They can
b" plow"d mp in the forenoon and
stacked. Ii il rains on them for
any length of time after they have
wilted the hay will he greatly dam
aged. TIL" hay is one of the by-pro-
dnctS OF the peanuts, but il is 4
good on" and pays from $50 to $40
per acre. The peanuts should be
stacked around a pole with the nuts
turned in to prevent damage and
loss from birds and other things that
eat peanuts
| The stacks will resemble corn
They should he left in the stack for
two or three weeks, so thev will dry
out thoroughly before threshine. Ii
they are to he kept Us feed they
should be- baled ais soon as they are
dry enough to keep Some people
make stack by driving up stakes
about four feet apart and stack one
ro" and then drive stakes for an
other etc. BY doing this You can
make your stack yard as large as
lyou like. BY using a stack yard the
land can he put TO winter pasture of
lsome kind. Either wheat or rye viii