Vegetables with Edible Seeds 237 



Fertilizer. 



Peanuts require the following proportions of fertilizer 

 ingredients : ammonia, 3| per cent ; available phosphoric 

 acid, 5 per cent; potash, 10 per cent. Use 600 to 1000 

 pounds of the above formula to an acre. Most of our 

 land will not require nitrogenous fertilizer for this crop. 

 Dressings of lime are very beneficial, especially on sour 

 soils. The following table gives the amounts of different 

 fertilizer materials that may be used to supply the desired 

 amounts of each element: 



POUNDS TO THE ACRE 

 300 to 500 cottonseed meal ; or 

 A 180 to 300 dried blood; or 



' 120 to 200 nitrate of soda; or 

 100 to 150 sulfate of ammonia. 



Phosphoric acid . . 300 to 500 acid phosphate. 

 800 to 1200 kainit ; or 



Potash 



120 to 200 muriate of potash ; or 



125 to 210 high-grade sulfate of potash ; or 



250 to 400 low-grade sulfate of potash. 



Planting peanuts. 



Before planting the best kinds, the pods are shelled, 

 by breaking between the thumb and fingers, care being 

 taken not to injure the kernels. After the seed has been 

 shelled, it must be stored in small lots to keep it from heat- 

 ing, but must not become too dry. When many acres are 

 to be planted by one person, it becomes quite a task and 

 also a risk to keep the seed after it is prepared, if a planter 

 is not used. While the seed is being hulled it is at the 

 same time selected, all the poorly formed and bad kernels 



