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After the crop has been removed, hogs should be 

 pastured on the field to feed on the nuts that were not 

 gathered. 



Varieties of peanuts. 



Virginia Bunch and Virginia Runner are large-podded 

 varieties. Dixie Giant has a larger pod, and is grown on 

 the Gulf Coast. Spanish and Tennessee Red are mostly 

 grown for stock feed. 



Literature. 



Peanut, Cyclopedia of Amer. Agriculture, Vol. II, pp. 514-519, 1907. 

 Peanut, U. S. D. A., Farmers' Bulletin 431. 



GOOBER 



The goober looks like a large one-seeded peanut. In 

 some parts of our country the name goober is applied to 

 the peanut. Botanically, the peanut is Arachis hypogcea, 

 while the goober is Voandzeia subterranea. The cultiva- 

 tion and general manipulation are the same as for the 

 peanut. The crop has not been grown extensively. 



Either the peanut or the goober makes a good soiling 

 plant, and one that is worth careful attention from this 

 standpoint, as well as from that of an economic crop. 



SWEET CORN 



The varieties of sweet corn grown for cooking when 

 nearly ripe have the starch in the grain more or less re- 

 placed by sugar, and the grains in consequence wrinkle 

 when dried. It might be called wrinkled corn, just as 



