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planted, making it the most prolific and largest 

 peanut known. 40c. per quart. 



SPANISH PEANUTS. — Can be cultivated 

 entirely with a plow, and are easily gathered, 

 as all the peas hang close to the roots. The 

 stems when harvested make a good hay. The 

 fruit is smaller than the Virginia or Tennes- 

 see, but the plants yield heavier. A good feed 

 for fattening hogs. Price per pound, 15 cents : 

 by mail, prepaid, 23c. ; per peck, 65c. ; per 

 bushel, $2.25. 



PEANUTS OR GOOBERS.— Goobers seem 

 to do best on a fairly dry, light, sandy soil. 

 They are pre-eminently the "hog feed" for 

 sand hill and high pine land, though they 

 will do well on most any land. Plant in rows 

 three and one-half or four feet apart, and 

 about ten inches apart in the rows, at any 

 time from March 1st to June 1st, when the 

 ground is moist enough for planting corn. 

 Cultivate the same as Spanish Peanuts, which 

 they resemble in growth. Let the hogs into 

 them when the leaves turn quite yellow. On 

 new ground, drop the goober in every other 

 furrow as you break the land, and they will 

 make a good crop without cultivation. Goobers 

 never make "pops'" on any kind of soil. The 

 seed we offer was grown on sand hill land in 

 Polk County, and is from a crop that yielded 

 fifty measured bushels of seed per acre. 



Have also the white Virginia and Red Ten- 

 nessee Peanuts in stock. They are larger in 

 size than the Spanish kinds. They are of a 

 spreading habit, and are cultivated in ridges 



like sweet potatoes. Trice of White Virginia 

 is 10 cents per pound ; Price of Red Tennes- 

 see is 10 cents per pound ; if by mail, 9 cents 

 extra must be added. 



AMOUNT OF PEANUTS REQUIRED TO 

 PLANT AN ACRE.— Planting Peanuts in 

 three feet rows, twenty to twenty-four inches 

 in drill requires about a bushel per acre ; th's 

 is varied by circumstances. Some double drop 

 or put two in a place and use more, but one 

 bushel per acre is about the correct amount. 



DIRECTIONS 



FOR PLANTING 

 ROOT. 



CASAVA 



. Casava should be planted in 4 feet rows, 4 

 feet in the drill, about 2500 to 3000 plants to 

 the aci'e. The ground should be drained, 

 thoroughly pulverized and covered, or knocked 

 off lightly with a board if the season is wet : 

 if the ground and season is very dry better 

 run a light roller over the seed bed. Plant 

 March 3st to 15th. it continues to come up 

 until the middle of June. Bed a peck or so 

 of the seed pieces, but like we do sweet pota- 

 toes, and after they are sprouted take tnem 

 up and transplant them after the first of 

 June to the missing places in your field. By 

 doing this you can get a perfect stand. 



Planting : The stalks are cut off close to 

 the ground or sawed into pieces, each contain- 

 ing five to seven eyes. The main stalks are 

 three or four inches long. Tljie eyes occur 

 every one-half to three-fourths of an inch 





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When in Doubt, Consult Steckler. 



