PEANUT BUTTER. 



BLENDING. 



From the stoner the peanuts are carried by an elevator or fed 

 through a chute to the sui)iily hoppers above the grinders. In case 

 two grades or kinds of peanuts are used, the blending usually is 

 done as the peanuts are fed into the hopper above the grinder. In 



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Fig. 4. — Sketch showing device for removing stones from peanut meats. 



one or two factories, hoAvever, this is accomplished in the stoning 

 device, two streams being fed side by side and blended by the air 

 blast which lifts the peanuts aAvay from the small stones. . A common 

 method is to blend Spanish and Virginia peanuts in equal quan- 

 tities, and the uniformity of the product depends largely upon the 

 completeness of the blend. 



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