References on Tobacco Growing 



Montgomery, Productive Field Crops (LIPPINCOTT). 



Duggar, Southern Field Crops (Macmillan). 



Killebrew and Myrick, The Tobacco Leaf (Orange Judd Co.) . 



Bailey's Cyc. Agr. Vol. II. Tobacco Soils, etc., U. S. Bur. Soil, Bulletins 11, 27, 37. 

 Reports, 59, 62, 63. Farmers' Bulletins, 60, 120, 343, 416, 523, 511. 

 U. S. Farmers' Institute Illustrated Lecture No. 9. 



Write to the Stations of the leading tobacco growing states for their available bulletins on 

 the subject. 



37. Growing a Field of Peanuts for Profit.* 



u. s. D. A. 



Bur. Plant Ind. Bulletins 91, 96. 



Project Work Plan 



Study Involved 



Select variety . 

 Select seed... 



Select ground. . . 

 Select fertilizer. . 



Fit the ground 



Plant. . 



Care for crop . 

 Harvest . . 



Picking 



Storing 



Market the crop 



Compute costs and profit 

 Summarize projects. 



Classification of varieties according to use. Classification of varie- 

 ties according to season. Varieties grown in community. 

 Value of selected seed. Characteristics of good seed: (a) brightness, 



(b) effect of storage, (c) maturity. 



Peanut soils: (a) effect of habit of growth, (b) acidity. Rotations- 

 Plant food elements needed. Manure: (a) effect on peanut crop, 



(6) rate and method of application. Commercial fertilizers: (a) 



kind needed, (b) local markets, (c) method and rate of application. 



Lime: (a) effect on peanut crop, (6) kind; method and rate of 



application. 

 Tilth and tillage. Fall or spring plowing. Mechanics of the plow. 



Fitting program. 

 Preparation of seed. Method of planting. Variety and rate of 



planting. Time of planting- Effect of (a) variety, (b) season, 



(c) soil condition, (d) use. 



Cultivation : (a) time to start, (b) frequency, (c) implements. 



Insects and diseases. Peging. 

 Seed selection. Time of harvesting. Methods. Handling in field. 



Amount of poles needed. Method of stacking. Curing. 

 Hand or machine picking. Kinds of pickers. 

 Methods. Advantages of storing. 

 Market from pickej to car. Improving the grade. 

 Farm accounts 



* Adapted from Georgia Vocational Bulletin 5. 



Demonstrations with Projects in the Growing of Peanuts 



38. Grow and compare several important varieties of peanuts. 



39. Try different amounts and kinds of fertilizers. 



40. Compare results with selected and unselected seed. 



References on Peanut Growing 



Montgomery, E. G., Productive Farm Crops (LIPPINCOTT). 



Dugan, J. F., Southern Field Crops (Macmillan). 



Morgan, Field Crops for the Cotton Belt (Macmillan). 



U. S. Farmers' Bulletins 431, The Peanut; 509, Forage Crops in the Cotton Region; 751, Peanut 

 Oil; Bureau of Plant Industry Cir. 88, Picking and Handling Peanuts; Bureau of Plant Industry, Cir. 

 98, Peanut Butter; U. S. D. A. Yearbook (1917), Peanut Industry; U. S. D. A. Yearbook (1917), Pea- 

 nut as Food. 



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