Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-10
Peanut Possibilities.

Inc OfRVll1o ElQ 1Il Si iCPOt 10 e'tt
the farmers in that section or South
Carolina are this year planting more
peanuts than ever. Local dealers tell
il that "hundreds of bushels have been
sold and sales are continuing" The
nIantinr. however, is yet confined to
small patches, but it is probable that
within q year or two the farmers IN
this part of the country will be going
into cultivation of the peanut on the
"plantation" scale. They are becoming
divorced from the all-cotton idea and
are looking about for substitute crops
Few products offer better possibilities
than the peanut; The only thing need
ed to inspire it's cultivation IS facllltles
for manufacturing peanut oil and by
products, and it looks like the farmers
and planters might get together on an
preement that the manufacturers Will
take all the peanuts the farmers might
grow. Texas is the greatest cotton
state in the world and yet 1t is the
poorest. And that is because IT mas no
mills to work it's raw product into nm
ished material. It has become great
peanut state because it has the facl!i-
ties to convert the peanuts INTO OH.
North Carolina could Lecome great
peanut state by simply establishing the
factories and inviting the farmers 10
go to it.-Charlotte Observer.
1t would be, somewhat inaccurate 10
saw tn the farmers are becoming dl-
vorced from the all cotton idea, unless
we make it clear that we only mean
some farmers and those to a Limited
extent: but if farmers are ever to learn
the impossibllity Of ever getting any
where through. the all cotton route II
would seem that the experience oil the
INST few years would furnish all the
training they should need.
Perhaps it is..true that cotton is the
only money crop; but up to this time
we have never seen where the money
in cotton has gone to the farmer
And of course no sensible editor IS
going to advise his readers to stake MS
all on peanuts any more than cotton. In
tbe first place, long study and expert
ence are necessary to the production
of peanuts to the best advantage JUST
as is the case with cotton, and IN tt'e
second place our farmers would De III
=, had 4 way stalking their all on pea
nuts as they would stalking their all on
any other one crop:
12ut still there are wonderful possi-
,,;,;ties in the peanut. Whether raised
in q small way for eating purposes
larger scale for feeding purposes or
cti,l larger way for crushing purposes
tbe neanut is well worth place IN any
scheme of Intelligent diversificatlon.
As to whether the supply OF peanuts
must be developed before the crushing
n,ants or the crushing plants must be
ore,ted before the supply OF peanuts
can be expected may be question IN
some localities; but it is not quesl"h
in this immediate vicinity. The cot'of
seed oil mills are already here, ana any
cotton seed oil mill can be quickly co''
vertcd to the manufacture OF peanut
nj, and with but little expense.
n,,t what The Yorkville Enquirer
would like to see first is from hail Ill
oora IA an acre or two of peanuts On
o,.crv farm that has soil suitable
for raising peanuts. Such develop.
ment could easily he brought apou'
without any loss to anybody On the
contrary every farmer who goes into II
should find profit and satisfaction 'hat
will at least compensate him Tor MS
trouble and expense and after that al
will be easy.