The Washington herald., 1921-09-20
PEANUTS CONE FROM
JAP sHANTUNG.

The average person thinks 81
peanuts as = Virginia product Hl
would be surprised TO learn ths
the American peanut market h
been materially Influenced for man I
years by tho importation Of fo-t
"iCn-Erown nuts. s<cordinE TO IN 4
Bureau OF Markets and Crop rs;
mates Of the Department Of AEr
culture. even Is FAR back as a
fiscal year 1910 a total OF zs.z7e.s-
pounds OF peanuts were brought ir
70 the United States, chiefly rrorI
Srain. France, and Japan. Eeccip
reached their highest point in thl
year ending Iunc 50. 1890. VIII
lS@,fl2,42S pounds Of peanuts we-,I
imported by the United States. mo-
or which were grown in China. p1
this amount lsO.544.sgs Mound
werc Shellod, and l2.O67.SsS round
unshelled.
Our imports during ths nSca
year 1880 totaled the cquiyalcu
Of l92.5S4.656 pounds. or nearly
100000 bushels Of unShelled pea
nuts, as compared with 4 domcst
production during the 1890 scasorl
of less than 56,0Oo.OoO bushels. I'd
addition To the imports Of peanuts
during the fiscal year ending Jun
30, 1899. l70.lG0.5C7 pounds og pa
nut oil was imported. which rsuc.i
Tor the crushing Of an even larr,.r|
volume Of peanuts abroad than
were actually shipped here. Fod
the fiscal year l9@0-eI imports ID
peanuts totaled 47.SSs.a30 hounds
and peanut oil lSs76.1Sl rounds
The large importation Of peanut 81
during 1880. together With thd
low prices at which IL was ofercdl
was a material factor IN curtailinE
the peanut oil production in tn.
United States The past eject ID
foreign peanuts on the domestic
peanut industry Is. therefore. sec 1
TO be Of distinct Importance
India and Africa. especially sen,
gal and Gambia. in the past hav
been the worlds heaviest prauu
producing countries. although Z, 4
nuts from these sources tay" Jcc-j
marketed in tho United S1ai.s. q, /
ccpt when tranSshippCd thrnu-
ports OF France and England and
other European countries spa 1
was formerly one Of the most iw
portant sources OF our foreign SUP
ply on account Of shipping on
CultieS- Imports from that com |
t-y, however. ceased entirely Ju'
ing the war
For a number Of years china M
produced the bulk Of the pcsnu;
imported into the United state
ShantunC is the leading pcanU
producing region in China. as IL
soil is particularly adapted 70 u
growing Of peanuts. Tho uUt grow
in that province ~ said tu isn larr'
than that grown IN any other 80
OF China. and contains more o1
Tho provinces of Honan and Chib
rank next To- ShantuuE rn Tho pr
duction OF peanuts. Peau.t ''Iartns
in Shantung are small plsls
ground, often not over two acres
area. Vet from tho produce
small pIats like this. a Chimes
Farmer secures 4 LIVING not Onl
for himself and family. but &C
casionslly gives his sons coileS
education. This is all tho more ~
markable in that most chimes
farmers use only primitiy' me cthOd
OF cultivation.
The peanut business in ShantUn
has largely been taken over by a
japanese as the succcsSors OF n
Germans. japanese traders
Tsingtau annually export lars
quantities of peanuts and rcsnt
oil 70 the United States by way
Kobe and other japanese port
Kobe has consequently come 20
considered one OF the leading pea
nut and peanut oil markets Of II
Far East.
Practically all of the peanuts IN
forted BY the United States fro
Asiatic sources are OF the Virgin
type, such as are used in th1s couu
try for roasting and for "jumt
shelled" nuts. In fact. the story
told that this variety OF peanut w
Introduced into China many yea
ago by an American missionar
and was for a while the object
prejudice due 60 its foreign orig
IL was first called the 'foreia
devil" nut. but later. when its 20
sibilities began to be understood
the name was changed TO ''nowe
hegotten nut"
W ID.