ARACHIS HYPOG.EA (PEA-NUT) 55 



In the United States: Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, 

 and Carolina, the minimum yield, according to Semler, is 

 2,000 kilos per hectare (1,780 lb. per acre), but as much 

 as 10,000 kilos per hectare (8,900 lb. per acre) has been 

 realized. 



In India, Bombay, the average yield for live years has 

 been 5,600 kilos to the hectare. 



In the United States, according to notes by Mr. 

 Andrews, the use of manure has a great influence on the 

 yield. At the experimental farm of Southern Pines, North 

 Carolina, an allotment treated with 675 kilos of manure per 

 hectare, containing 10 per cent, potash, 9 per cent, phos- 

 phoric acid, and i per cent, nitrogen, bore 2,000 kilos of 

 pea-nut; whereas an unmanured allotment adjoining only 

 yielded 460 kilos. 



The following mixture has also given good results : 

 400 kilos superphosphate, 125 kilos potassium chloride, and 

 100 kilos of dried blood to the hectare. 



In Barbados an average of 2,400 kilos is obtained, and 

 occasionally as much as 4,800 kilos to the hectare. 



In Mauritius, under ordinary conditions, one can reckon 

 on a yield of 2,400 kilos to the hectare. 



According to experiments carried out by M. Boname at 

 the Agronomic Station, the yield in dry nuts is about 

 60 per cent, as, on the average, the seeds contain 40*5 per 

 cent, of water, and the shells 55*2 per cent., the dry nuts 

 containing 8 per cent, of water, and having a proportion 

 of 75 per cent, seeds and 25 per cent, shells; 60 per cent, 

 is the average figure obtained, the limits being from 55 to 

 70 per cent. 



The yields have varied from 2,600 to 4,250 kilos to the 

 hectare, according to the state of soil fertility, the weight of 

 stems and leaves has also varied from 2,600 to 4,300 kilos. 



The methods of cultivation also exert a marked influence, 

 for instance, planting between rows of canes gave 1,300 to 

 1,350 kilos of pods, with a weight of stems and leaves from 



