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man; nevertheless, the delineation of its physiologic value enables 

 one to define more intelligently the place which it can take in the 

 ration. Daniels and Loughlin foresee an increasing usefulness for 

 the peanut, now that its real value has been scientifically established. 

 When we consider the broad areas, they say, which may be adapted 

 for growing the crop, and the fact that our food supply tends toward 

 a wider use of the seeds of plants, it seems appropriate to expect 

 that the peanut, when rightly supplemented, will form a staple ar- 

 ticle of the human dietary. Like the soy-bean, which has lately 

 come into prominence in American homes, the peanut needs only 

 to have added suitable inorganic salts and the fat-soluble accessory 

 to make it a complete food." 



Uses as Food for Live-Stock. Beattie is quoted in this connection 

 as follows: "In the factories where peanuts are cleaned, shelled, 

 and graded for the market there is always a certain percentage of 

 cleanings and inferior stock that can readily be turned into stock 

 foods. The outside shell, or hull, of the peanut, is rich in food ma- 

 terials, but is extremely diflicult to reduce to a condition in which 

 it can be fed. In large cleaning factories the shells are generally 

 used as fuel, and the ash resulting therefrom is valuable as a fertil- 

 izer, often containing as high as 3 per cent of phosphoric acid, 9 

 per cent of potash and 6 per cent of lime. 



"The thin brown covering of the peas has a feeding value almost 

 equal to that of wheat bran. These hulls are especially desirable 

 for mixing with the smaller particles of broken peas for stock feed- 

 ing. In large factories where peanuts are prepared for the manu- 

 facture of peanut butter and similar preparations the waste in the 

 form of small particles of the meats and the germs is considerable 

 and this is sold to farmers for feeding purposes. In some cases the 

 waste is mixed with a portion of the hulls and finely ground or chop- 

 ped before leaving the factory. Peanut hulls make an excellent 

 bedding for use in stables, and by using them in this manner and 

 hauling the manure upon the land their full value can be obtained, 



" Broken peas and germs are used largely as a food for hogs, but 

 both should be fed in moderation and in combination with some 

 grain, as the peanut fed by itself will produce a hog having soft fat 

 and inferior meat. The famous Smithfield hams and bacon come 

 from hogs that are fed partly on peanuts, the practice being to turn 

 the hogs into the peanut fields after the crop has been gathered and 

 allow them to glean the pods that were lost in harvesting. The 



