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vines cover the ground. Selected kernels are used for seeds. These 
are slightly cracked, and set along the rows at intervals of two feet, 
two together, and covered about an inch deep. It takes 40 to 50lbs. 
of earth nuts to plant an aere (two bushels of 22lbs. to 25lbs.). 
Weeds are kept down and the surface prevented from setting hard. 
Cultivation ceases when the flowering organs have penetrated the 
Fea Nut or Earth Nut, 
