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Preparing for Market. — Threshed peanuts contain much trash, neces- 

 sitating a thorough cleaning before marketing. This can be done on a 

 small scale by the grower, but if large quantities are involved, the process 

 is more economically done in a cleaning factory, which is equipped with all 

 necessary fanning and grading machinery. 



Yields. — An average yield of peanuts is about thirty-four bushels an 

 acre, although it is quite possible on fertile soil and by expert methods 

 to increase this to sixty bushels an acre, with from one to two tons of 

 forage. Peanut forage is worth from $8 to $10 per ton. Sixty bushels of 

 nuts are worth from $40 to $60, according to quality. Estimating upon 

 this basis, allowing an expenditure of from $12 to $25 per acre to grow the 

 crop, the grower would realize a profit of from $36 to $45 per acre. 

 This is a conservative estimate and, all conditions being favorable, might 

 be much larger. 



REFERENCES 



"The Peanut." Jones. 



"The Peanut and Its Culture." Roper. 



"Peas and Pea Culture." Sevey. 



Canadian Dept. of Agriculture Bulletin 232. "Field Beans." 



Farmers' Bulletins, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture: 



315. "Legume Inoculation." 



318. "Cowpeas." 



372. "Soy Beans." 



431. "Peanuts." 



561. "Bean Growing in Western States." 



579. "Utilization of "Crimson Clover." 



646. "Crimson Clover Seed Production." 



