ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF PEANUTS 



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Figure 4. — Important uses of edible peanut stocks. 



Peanut butter now accounts for disappearance of more than 50 percent 

 of our edible stock. Of the 1947 crop, nearly 325 million pounds were 

 utilized in peanut butter. This was 56 percent of the shelled edible stock 

 retained for domestic use. At present considerable research is being di- 

 rected toward improving the quality of peanut butter, and there are indi- 

 cations that consumption will continue to increase. 



SELECTED REFERENCES 



(1) Anon. 



1947. WORLD PEANUT PRODUCTION EXCEEDS PREWAR OUTPUT. Foreign Crops 



and Markets, (mimeo.) 55 (22):371-373. U.S. Dept. Agr. 



(2) 



1948. PEANUT STOCKS AND PROCESSING REPORT. U.S. Dcpt. Agr. Weekly 



Peanut Report, (mimeo.) 30 (Sl):3-4. 



(3) 



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1789. GENERAL EXPORTS FROM THE PORT OF CHARLESTON, S. C, FROM NOVEM- 

 BER 1786 TO NOVEMBER 1787. The American Museum or Repository. 

 5:253. Philadelphia. 



1848. GROUND PEAS. Southern Cultivator 6:40. 



1859. CULTIVATION OF THE PEANUT. Southern Cultivator 17 (3):79. 



