Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-21
PEANUTS In GEORGIA
Farmers Greatly Interested In This
Popular Product Of the Soil.
SOME ADVANTAGES ARE ENUMERATED
Thousands of Acres Are Being Planted
In Them-Good Money in the Crop at
rs Cents q Bushel.


Of the soil that is attracting more at
tention among the farmers Of Georgia
today than peanuts, and, as has been
pointed out several times, there are
certain sections Of the state in which
the acreage in peanuts will exceed that
in cotton Many of the most success
full farmers in the state are convinced
that peanuts can be produced more
profitably than cotton, and here and
there, have found men who do not in
tend planting a stalk Of cotton, but are
determined to engage extensively in the
production Of peanuts.
Recently at Madison, my good friend,
Charles M. Furlow, whose interest In
the welfare Of the people and the de-
velopment Of Georgia is appreciated by
all who know him, remarked upon the
good work that is being done by the
Bank Of Rutledge in encouraging Nor
gan county farmers to turn to peanuts
as a money crop. Thos. Peacock, CASH
ier of the bank, is one Of the most pro-
gressive citizens Of the county, and he
Is giving lots of attention to the farm
ing situation.
Rutledse Banks Letter.
Mr. Peacock has recently addressed
communication to the friends and
customers of the Bank of Rutledge
about the production Of peanuts-a
communication that can not fall to
appeal to every man who reads It.
I'VE want to tell you in all frankness
that the time has come for an upheaval
of our farm plans and methods" re-
marks Mr. Peacock. IF you don't
know how to raise anything but cot
ton, you had better be sitting up nights
figuring on something else because
your days of prosperity and promin-
ence are numbered.
.Whenever 1t gets cold enough for
your wells to freeze over you can be-
gin to plant, another cotton crop, but
until then there are other things in
flnitely easier and more profitable than
chasing up and down cotton rows from
April to September with every con-
celvable kind Of trap and weevil catch
er. Another fool idea the southern
farmer can dispense with is that he
was put here to clothe the world
Let's let them wear fig leaves for
while. We believe in planting some
cotton, but it ought to be so little that
it wouldn't make any difference II we
didn't make a boil.
During the past several months we
have sent you every bulletin the de-
partment of agriculture has issued on
peanuts. We have sent you the book
let the Peanut Crushers' association
issued; we are now sending you In
pamphlet form, How to Grow and
Gather Peanuts written by Mr.. c. j.
Rambo, president D. Edison Oil COM
pany, and we are writing Mr.. N. L.
Willet for copies Of his booklet on
Commercial Peanuts and Their Gull
ture,' which we shall mail to you. We
have orders with the State College Of
Agriculture and the U. s. Department
Of agriculture for a supply of any new
bulletins that may be issued. BY the
time we get through you will have in
your possession all the available infor-
nation in the world on peanuts; be-
sides you have been raising them more
or less all of your life and eating them
every time you had nickel. There
can be no excuse for not knowing
what a peanut is and how to grow 1t.
Compared to Corn.
"The next crop after cotton that a
man in this part Of Georgia thinks
about is corn. The acre that will make
fifteen bushels Of corn at so cents per
bushel will make forty bushels Of pea
nuts at rs cents per bushcl. We leave
it to you as to which is worth the most,
the fodder from this corn or the hay
from the peanuts. II you never sold a
sprig Of hay or single peanut you
still raised a crop more than twice as
valuable as corn. There is no better
stock food in the world than peanuts.
Give him time and one pig will root
up a thousand acres looking for them;
chickens will go mile to find patch;
you have to beat a mule away from
them, and the gentlest cow in the
world will tear down fence to get to
them. Your children want them every
day in the year. What more can you
ask?
1.-The only real argument we hear
against peanuts is that you have to
work them and gather them. This is
true, as there seems to be no way of
wishing it done.
I'VE have written to every peanut
crushing mill in the south and have yet
to find one that will not buy them the
year round at price that will give
them a profit on the oil. Candy manu-
facturers have been buying rs to 80
per cent. of the crop. Peanuts are now
found in every grade of candy from
kisses to dream jewels. Every gro
Gerry store in the United States and
Canada handles peanut butter and yet
somebody with nothing on Gods earth
to sell is always whining, If we raise
them, where can we find a market?
Where? Where?
Every man, woman and child is an