| Show PEANUTS VALUABLE AS FEED FOR LIVE LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK STOCK IN MOST SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH SOUTHFIELD 1 FIELD OF PEANUTS GRO GROWN WN FOR FORAGE IN TEXAS Prepared by the United States Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of ot Agriculture The peanut Is one of tl the e more Important Important Important Im Im- Im- Im crops grown In the South for feeding to hogs thousands of acres being grown for that purpose Few If any crops will produce more pounds of pork on an nn acre of ot land or 01 produce It at nt a u lower cost per pound A good crop of peanuts will produce at ut least pounds of pork per acre and if the hay is harvested before turning the hogs into the patch It will practically pay the cost of growing In addition to the profit on the pork the cro crop producing capacity of the soil soli will be materially Increased due to the addition addition addition addi addi- tion of humus and nitrogen This Is 1 ver very Important as much of ot the land landIn In the peanut growing sections Is deficient deI deficient de de- I In both By making successive plantings of peanuts at Intervals of 15 to 30 days das It is possible In most sections sections sections sec sec- of the South to have peanuts available for the hogs from midsummer mer until the end of or November In pasturing hogs on peanuts it Is best to confine them to small areas arens by using portable fences rather than to let them Jiem have the run rum of the whole field Plant Between Corn Rows In some sections of the Southern states the peanut Is planted between the jie rows of corn either at the time the corn Is planted or at nt the last cul cul- After Atter the corn Is harvested cattle are turned In to fo eat the fodder and peanut tops Hogs are then turned turned turned turn turn- ed In to eat the peanuts In this way the stubble and roots of the peanuts supply humus and most of the nitrogen nitrogen nitro nitro- gen en stored In the nodules on the roots Is s left In the soil Hogs fattened exclusively on peanuts do not yield n a nery very ery desirable grade of ot meat and lard as ns the meat Is soft and the lard oily This can be remedied to o a large extent however by feeding corn and other feeds along with the peanuts In addition to growing peanuts to be fed In n the field the crop can cnn be cured and stored In barns or sheds for winter winter win win- ter er feeding The entire plant Is a n very valuable feed for nearly all classes of live Ive stock Peanut hay consisting of the entire plant after the nuts are removed removed re re- re- re moved has a n much higher feeding value than the grass hays and about the he same value as clover cloyer hay ha The average yield of peanut hay Is about two thIrds of n a ton per acre With acres of peanuts the estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated acreage for 1017 there would be produced about tons of peanut hay hoy with a 0 value of at nt least The peanut Is especially valuable as asa asa a n crop to be grown for feed In lu the drier sections of the Southwest where It t Is Impossible ble to grow corn to toge tage age Peanuts will withstand drought better etter than most farm crops In some regions where corn will not produce five Ive bushels per acre peanuts have The cr Is Isif proved proved- roved very satisfactory crop p of if value also on land carrying a n considerable considerable considerable consid consid- erable per percentage of alkali Pen Peanut nut meal a n product by-product from peanut pea pen nut oil manufacture Is a n highly concentrated concentrated con con- feed The meal made from shelled nuts contains about 45 per percent cent I protein 6 G to 9 D per cent fat and ancI 23 to 24 per cent carbohydrates drates Meal made from front the unshelled nuts contains about bout 30 per cent protein G 6 to 0 9 per percent percent percent cent fat and 21 1 to 22 per cent carbo carbo- h hydrates The meal from shelled nuts has about the same tee feeding value aa ns cottonseed meal and und can be used for forthe forthe forthe the same purpose With the shortage shortage short short- age of feeds high In n protein tit demand demand de de- mand for peanut meal at a good price will probably exceed the supply It ItIs ItIs Itis Is especially valuable for dairy cattle and hogs and has been used to furnish a n large percentage of the protein In Ina a home ml mixed home ed horse feed fecI In fact one large farmer has hns been using peanut peanut peanut pea pea- nut meal for several years for feeding work horses and claims that It Is the cheapest protein feed he has ever used It can be used In quite large quantity quantity quantity quan quan- In connection with other feeds without Injurious effects When fed to hogs peanut meal does loes not produce soft pork and for this reason It Is preferable to raw peanuts Shells for Feed Peanut shells which accumulate In large quantities at cleaning and shellIng shelling shell- shell In Ing factories are sometimes ground with grade Tow peanuts and sold for feed The shells however have practically practically no feeding value ns fiS they consist consist consist con con- largely of crude fiber fiher All peanut feeds should be sold on the basis of their protein fat and abd carbohydrate carbohydrate car car- content rather than on the theton theton theton ton basis For example pounds of meal made mode from shelled peanuts has practically the same feeding value as 1350 pounds of ot meal made from unshelled unshelled un shelled nuts These amounts represent the meal left as n a product by-product from peanut peanut peanut pea pea- nut oil manufactured from a n ton of ot farmers' farmers stock Spanish peanuts Dealers Dealers Deal Deal- ers selling peanut meal should shOon show shO on the label hibel whether It Is made from shelled or unshelled nuts in fact this Is required by law In some states |
