8 The Bulletin. 



No. 3— Acid phosphate, 14 per cent 1,050 pounds 



Cotton-seed meal 400 pounds 



Kainit 550 pounds 



2,000 pounds 



This mixture would contain, available phosphoric acid, 7.8 per cent ; 

 ammonia, 1.50 per cent; potash, 3.6 per cent. 



No. 4— Acid phosphate, 14 per cent 1,000 pounds 



Cotton-seed meal 500 pounds 



Kainit 500 pounds 



2,000 pounds 



This mixture would contain, available phosphoric acid, 7.6 per cent ; 

 ammonia, 1.8 per cent; potash, 3.3 per cent. 



Planting. — The land should be well broken to a depth of six inches 

 and harrowed to get in good condition. The time of planting depends 

 very largely on location and climate. As soon as a farmer feels satisfied 

 that all danger of killing frost is past he should begin to plant. In the 

 peanut section of North Carolina and Virginia the bulk of the crop is 

 planted between the first and tenth of May. 



The distance between rows and hills must be determined by fertility 

 of the soil and the variety to be planted. The Running varieties must 

 be given more space than the Bunch varieties. On fertile soil all varie- 

 ties should be planted farther apart. Three-foot rows and 12 inches 

 in the drill are average distances for Bunch peas. The Flat or Running 

 varieties are planted in rows of the same width as the Bunch, but are 

 given more distance in the drill on an average, about 16 inches being a 

 good distance. The Wilmington or North Carolina variety is often 

 planted in checks 2% feet one way and 2 feet the other way. The 

 branches grow to a length of eighteen or twenty inches on fertile soil, 

 in which case the rows have to be further apart. The Spanish can be 

 planted more closely together than any of the varieties mentioned. In 

 some sections the prevailing distances are 2^-foot rows and 6 inches 

 in the drill. 



It takes about two bushels of unshelled or one-half bushel of shelled 

 peas of the large varieties to plant an acre. It is much better to plant 

 too many and thin them than to replant. 



Culture. — As is the case with most crops, the best cultivation given 

 the peanut is that given before planting. If the land is broken early 

 and thoroughly harrowed several times before planting, the majority of 

 the weed and grass seeds will be destroyed before the plants are up. 



