Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-10-14 | Page 14 | Point About Raising Peanuts

POINTS ABOUT RAISING PEANUTS. Peanuts arc a profitablo crop in the Southwest and South where the soil Is light and the climate frlondly. but a great many farmors do not seem to know It, Tho nuts can be raised moro cheaply and more easily than corn and they always bring a good price. Both horses and cattlo are fond of tho hay and it makes excellent roughage. Peanuts are ono of the best crops going for boys becauca they seem to take more Interest In this than any other crop on the farm "-particularly If they are allowed to havo th6 proceeds pro-ceeds which they should have. The way to start is to get perfectly good seed. Tho nuts should bo smooth, of good size and free from any blemish. In Kansas and Missouri tho seed should bo planted about the last of April but in Virginia thoy are often planted a little earlier, Do not plant until tho srpund bqconjca warm. sPlant two seeds In a-hill and mako tho hills thrco feet apart' or thoy can bo planted in check rows. ,i Koop, the ground loqso and mellow with cultivator and hoe until r the ' plants beghn to mako llttloxoot-llko pods which later develop1 into nutB. After that all tho work that is necessary neces-sary is enough to keep down tho weeds. 'Tn",'THc"5o'uTh many growers cover" the bloom as soon as lb 'develops, but In Kansas that is seldom done and good crops aro raised there. Peanuts aro harvested with a four-tlned four-tlned fork. Tho fork Is stuck Into the ground under the hill which is then gontly loosonod up and pulled out with tho hands. The nuts should bo placed In a4dry room tho'Jiay loft makes a good storehouse and when they arc thoroughly dry and clean thoy aro ready for market-