UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1401 
Washington, D. C. T, May, 1926 
MARKETING PEANUTS 
HAROLD J. CLAY and PAUL M. WILLIAMS, Marketing Specialists 
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Historical Sketch • . . ? 
Leading Varieties of Peanuts „ . . . . • 3 
Commercial Types of Peanuts 3 
Harvesting and Curing 4 
Picking or Threshing 5 
How Production is Financed 7 
Marketing Methods 9 
Secondary Distribution 23 
Federal Market News Reports 51 * 
Roasted Peanuts in the Shell 54 
Peanut Products 55 
Peanuts as a Feed for Hogs 76 
Imports and Exports 77 
Suggestions 85 
Summary 86 
Statistical Information 87 
Publications Relating to Peanuts and Peanut Products 98 
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