from the 3-foot rows 1,084 pounds per acre. In general the relative 
results were the same as those obtained during the two previous 
seasons. The light yi elds for 1919 were due to unfavorable weather 
conditions. 
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 
Table 4 gives the average jdelds with the different spacings for all 
three years. 
Table 4. — Average yields in 1917, 1918, and 1919 of -peanuts in rows 2% and 8 
feet apart in which the seed was spaced at various intervals 
[Plots one-twentieth of an acre] 
Row and plot 
Rows 2J2 feet apart: 
Plot No. 1 
Plot No. 2 
Plot No. 3 
Plot No. 4 
Plot No. 5 
Spacing 
in rows 
Inches 
3 
6 
9 
12 
15 
Yield of 
peanuts 
per acre 
Pounds 
850. 00 
713. 33 
590. 00 
573. 33 
595. 00 
Yield of 
hay per 
acre 
Pounds 
2,023.33 
2,056.67 
1,610.00 
1,693.33 
1, 560. 00 
Row and plot 
Spacing 
Rows 3 feet apart: 
Plot No. 6 
Plot No. 7 
Plot No. 8 
Plot No. 9 
Plot No. 10—. 
Inches 
Yield of 
peanuts 
per acre 
Pounds 
763. 33 
653. 33 
653. 33 
570. 00 
476. 67 
Yield of 
hay per 
acre 
Pounds 
1, 830. 00 
1, 656. 67 
1, 700. 00 
1, 606. 67 
1, 420. 00 
These experiments indicate that increased yields of peanuts and 
hay may be obtained through closer planting than is now commercially 
practiced. 
2. EFFECT OF TIME OF SHELLING PEANUT SEED ON 
GERMINATION AND YIELD 
By J. H. Beattie, C. J. Hunn, R. E. Currin, and E. D. Kyzer 2 
INTRODUCTION 
The effect of the time of shelling peanut seed on the germination 
and yield obtained is a matter of considerable importance. If not 
injurious to the seed, shelling might well be done at convenient times, 
often months before planting. Because of poor germination and 
yields of peanuts from certain lots of shelled seed, many observers 
have concluded that shelling the seed is often injurious, perhaps on 
account of the time of shelling or the methods employed in separating 
the peanuts from the shells. Agricultural literature, however, contains 
few references to experimental work on this subject. 
For the purpose of obtaining data which would be of help in this 
problem a series of field and laboratory experiments was conducted, 
beginning in 1921 and continuing through 1924. These experiments 
included trials of lots of seed of known varietal history, shelled 
at different times throughout the season and planted under uniform 
conditions. Germinations were recorded and the final yield of each 
lot was determined. 
The actual work began with the season of 1921, when seed stocks 
of seven varieties were grown at Florence, S. C. This material was 
used during the winter of 1921-22 for shelling tests, the first field 
trial of the material shelled at different dates being conducted during 
2 The writers wish to express their thanks to A. M. Jackson, J. D. McCown, 
in the work here reported. 
ind others for assistance 
