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Show THE PEANUT. Ono of the Important, rtoni'i of Our 8oiit.li-rrti 8oiit.li-rrti IiutiiHtry. The peanut is the fruit of a plant eommon in w :inn connti-ies. It is Bnmetitnes called Ihe ground-pea nnd ground or earl.ii nut. Still ii nolliei name for il . says the Detroit Freo l'ress. i . pindal or pindar, and in western west-ern Afriea it is called mandiibi. The plant is a trailing vine with unall yel-!..v yel-!..v llowers. Afterthe (lowers f;ill the llower stem grows longer, bends downward, down-ward, and the pod on the end forces itself it-self into the ground, where it ripens. Peanuts :uv raised in immense quantities quan-tities on the west e:astf Africa, in South Atn-'riea and in the southern I'nited Slates. Th'1 vines an- dug with pronged hoes or forks, dried for ;i few daws and llu-n htaeheil for t o weeks to cure. Tlie pods are picked by hand from the vine:-, cleaned in a fanning mill, and sometimes bleached with sulphur, sul-phur, and packed in bags for market. lVannls are sometimes eaten raw, but usually roasted or linked. In Africa niut South America they form one of the chief articles of food. l,ar;,e quantities quan-tities of them arc made into an oil mr.i-'u like olive oil. and which is used in t!;e mimic way. It is al-.o teed in lh- maiuifp.clure of sonp. A bushel of peanut ., when pn-r-'-ed eld, will make a f;:i!l,in of oil.. If heal is ued. more oil is made, but it is not. so good. In Sp.iin peanuts are ground and mixed with chocolate. 1 'en nut vines make i:oo,l food for cattle. The peanut gets its name from the shape of its pod, which is like that of tlu- pea. |