Show PEANUTS IN GERMANY governmental experiments an to its as an article or food the increasing use of the peanut as a food staple in other parts of the world is attracting the attention of our department of state and the bureau of statistics is gathering information from the consuls about it the american consul at frankfort germany writes that experiments arc now in progress a view to the ulc of peanut meal in the commissary of the german army and navy most of the nuts imported into germany are used only for their oil in 1893 the imports amounted to tons of this quantity nearly tons came from africa and almost all the rest from british east india only twenty five tons were imported from this country which produces the sweetest tasting but least oleaginous varieties most of the oil is used as a substitute for olive oil for salads and cooing the best african nut oil ranges in price from 67 cents to 81 a gallon the american nuts produce an oil worth only about 50 cents the second quality and last pressings go to fatten oleomargarine and to make soap etc the refuse afier pressing is make up into food for cattle and sliced and the are used in alic manufacture of cheap paper or ground up for fodder with the crushed kernels it was the wonderful nutritive quality of the peanut oil cake fed to domestic animals which set the savanis savants to experimenting with the nut as a cheap food |