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will be difficult to keep the peanut crop clean. It is 

 not good practice to plant peanuts after peanuts. Some 

 regular system of rotation of crops should be followed. 



Planting a row of peanuts in the middles of corn rows, 

 as practiced in southeast Alabama, has the advantage 

 of making a peanut crop with little expense except the 

 cost of the seed and the planting. The peanuts are 

 cultivated at the same time the corn is cultivated. This 

 is a satisfactory practice where the peanuts are gather- 

 ed by hogs (except that it increases the amount of 

 fencing) ; but when they are gathered for commercial 

 purposes, the corn plants hinder the harvesting. 



Peanuts should not be planted on high beds because 

 such beds dry out quickly, which condition tends to 

 make a poor stand. 



For the bunch variety, the rows may be made from 

 2^ to 3 feet wide, that is just wide enough to permit 

 easy cultivation with ordinary cultivating implements. 

 For the running variety, the rows should be from 3 to 

 3V^ feet wide. 



The seed of the bunch varieties may be dropped from 

 4 to 8 inches apart in the drill. The running type may 

 be dropped from 12 to 15 inches apart in the drill. 

 The seeding should be so thick that the vines will 

 nearly cover the ground when they are fully grown. 

 Planting should not begin until the middle of the usual 

 period for planting cotton, and for the Spanish or early 

 maturing varieties it may continue until the first of 

 June, or even until the middle of June. The soil should 

 be thoroughly warm. 



Allowing for faulty nuts and occasional placing of 

 two nuts in a hill, we may conclude that about the 

 following amounts of seed should be provided per acre: 

 For Spanish varieties, rather close planting (6 x 30 in.) 7 pks. 



For Spanish varieties, thin planting (10 x 36 in.) 4 pks. 



For North Carolina or similar running kinds, thick plant- 

 ing (10 X 36 in.) 7 pks. 



For North Carolina or similar running varieties, rather 



thin planting (12 x 42 in.) 5 pks. 



A special peanut planter, or an ordinary Cole planter 

 and doubtless other types of one-horse planters may 

 be used for planting shelled peanuts. The seed should 

 be covered from 1^/4 to 2 inches deep. 



The varieties of peanuts that have large pods should 

 be shelled in order to secure a good stand. Such va- 

 rieties as the White and Red Spanish may be planted 

 without shelling the nuts. However, shelling of any va- 



