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Table 17. — ^Average Yields per Acre of Nuts and Forage from Spanish Peanuts 



Planted on Lake Charles Clay and Clay Loam at Different Spacings, 



Texas Substation No. 8, Lubbock, Texas, 1919-1923 and 1925" 



» No yield shown for 1924. 

 ■^ 36-inch rows. 



Spacing experiments were conducted at Substation No. 3 at Angleton 

 ( 16) . Due to the fact that the spacings of plants in the row were variable 

 from year to year, only the data from 1916-1918 are reported in table 18. 

 The results for other years are in keeping with these data in that the nar- 

 row spacings practically always gave the highest yields per acre. Highest 

 yields were obtained from the 6-inch spacing. 



Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station Results (2). Recom- 

 mends spacing Jumbo and Virginia Runner varieties 10 to 16 inches 

 apart in the row with rows 30 to 40 inches apart; and Spanish from 

 6 to 12 inches apart in the drill with rows 24 to 30 inches apart. 



Miller (13) found that increased vine growth was obtained where 

 runner peanuts were dusted to control diseases and insects. Experiments 

 were conducted to determine the spacing between rows that would favor 

 the highest yields of peanuts receiving three or four applications of sul- 

 fur dust. It was found that the highest yield of good quality nuts was 

 obtained from dusted plants that were grown in rows farther apart than 



Table 18. — Average Yields per Acre of Spanish Peanuts from Different 

 Spacings of Plants, Texas Substation No. 3, Angleton, Texas, 1916-1918 



