EFFECT OF PLANTING DISTANCES, ETC., ON PEANUT YIELDS 3 
EXPERIMENTS IN 1918 
During the season of 1918 a duplicate experiment was made, the 
results of which are given in Table 2. 
Table 2. — Peanut-spacing test in 1918 
[Plots one-twentieth of an acre] 
Row and plot 
Spacing 
in rows 
Yield of 
peanuts 
per plot 
Yield of 
hay per 
plot 
Yield of 
peanuts 
per acre 
Yield of 
hay per 
acre 
Rows 2 l / 2 feet apart: 
Plot No. 1 _ 
Inches 
3 
6 
9 
12 
15 
3 
6 
9 
12 
15 
Pounds 
50.0 
42.0 
36.0 
37.0 
35.0 
49.0 
41.0 
45.0 
41.0 
35.5 
Pounds 
94.0 
83.0 
75.0 
78.0 
72.0 
94.0 
81.0 
83.0 
75.0 
62.5 
Pounds 
1,000 
840 
720 
740 
700 
980 
820 
900 
820 
710 
Pounds 
1,880 
Plot No. 2_„ 
1,660 
Plot No. 3 
Plot No. 4... 
1,500 
1,560 
Plot No. 5. . 
1,440 
Rows 3 feet apart: 
Plot No. 6 
1,880 
Plot No. 7 
1,620 
Plot. No. 8 
1,660 
Plot No. 9 
1,500 
Plot No 10. . - -_ -- -— — 
1,250 
The average yield per acre of peanuts and hay for the 2^2-foot 
rows was 800 and 1,608 pounds, respectively. For the 3-foot rows 
it was 846 pounds of peanuts and 1,582 pounds of hay. Although 
the average relation is not the same as in 1917, there is a reduction 
in yield of hay for the wider spacings. In general, however, the same 
results were obtained as in 1917. 
EXPERIMENTS IN 1919 
The same general plan was followed in the work of 1919. Some 
modifications were made, chiefly in that 470 pounds of fertilizer per 
acre instead of 800 pounds was employed, and the seed was planted 
unshelled, being spaced as before. Instead of 1 peanut in a place 
there were 2 or 3, depending on the number germinating in each pod. 
The results are given in Table 3. 
Table 3. — Peanut-spacing test in 1919 
(Plots one-twentieth of an acre] 
Row and plot 
Spacing 
in rows 
Yield of 
peanuts 
per plot 
Yield of 
hay per 
plot 
Yield of 
peanuts 
per acre 
Yield of 
hay per 
acre 
Rows 2y 2 feei apart: 
Plot No. 1- 
Inches 
3 
6 
9 
12 
15 
3 
6 
9 
12 
Pounds 
25. 00 
18.00 
13. 50 
14.00 
15. 75 
22.00 
17.50 
14.00 
13.00 
10.00 
Pounds 
87.5 
70.0 
54.0 
60.0 
57.0 
73.0 
63.0 
53.0 
47.0 
35.0 
Pounds 
500 
360 
270 
280 
315 
440 
350 
280 
260 
200 
Pounds 
1,750 
Plot No. 2 
1,400 
Plot No. 3 
1,080 
Plot No. 4 
1,200 
Plot No. 5... 
1,140 
Rows 3 feet apart: 
Plot No. 6... 
1,460 
Plot No. 7 
1,260 
Plot No. 8 .- 
1,060 
Plot No. 9 
940 
Plot No. 10 
15 
700 
The average production of peanuts per acre from the 2^2-foot rows 
was 345 pounds and that from the 3-foot rows was 306 pounds. The 
average yield of hay from the 2^-foot rows was 1,314 pounds and 
