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ARACHIS HYPOG^A (pEA-NUT) 



Composition of Total Harvest from i Arpent (= o"4i3 Hectare). 



;'? When the plants were not mixed with any other crop, the stems were less 

 shrivelled and still carried the majority of the leaves ; the weight harvested was 

 9,000 kilos. 



When the pods are gathered the stems are ah-eady half 

 shrivelled and the leaves fallen ; after a mixed cultivation 

 (every second row) a weight was obtained of 2,100 kilos of 

 stems to the hectare. 



