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Tahle V. Percentage of Oil in Shelled Suts and Pounds 

 of Oil Per Ton of liishelled Nuts for Different 



Varieties. 



I'lic table shows that the percent of oil is higher in 

 tho 191() samples than in the 1915 sami)les except for 

 two varieties. The Iigures show a variation in the 

 average oil content of the different varieties from 48.47 

 percent in the meats of the McCiovern to 45.15 percent 

 in the shelled ])eas of the Jnmho. The meats of the 

 Red Spanish afforded 2.54 percent of oil more than 

 those of the White Spanish; hut the percentage of 

 sound peas in the V^'^hite Spanish was greater by 3 

 percent than in the Red Spanish. The amount of oil 

 in a ton of White Spanish was largest, 702 pounds; 

 next came Red Spanish, with 093 pounds. 



The colunm containing the pounds of oil in one ton 

 of unshelled nuts shows that some varieties are much 

 more valuable for oil ])urposes than other varieties. 

 A ton of Jumbo contained 351 iK)unds of oil, while a 

 ton of White Spanish contained 702 i)ounds, a ditfer- 

 encc of 348 pounds in favor of this Spanish variety. 

 The oil mills cannot afford to overlook this dinVrence, 

 nor can the growers who expect to sell the peanuts 

 for oil production. A variety like North Carolina Run- 

 ner, which some farmers think especially productive, 



