Peanuts 
Peanuts should be planted on light, loamy soil 
or sand soil, and will prove one of the most 
profitable crops that can be grown. They yield 
very largely — yields of 50 bushels per acre being 
reported on land too poor to plant in corn. In 
1 addition to the yield of nuts, they yield quite 
largely of nutritious forage, and will yield ordi- 
narily about a tone of excellent dry forage per 
acre, in addition to the crop of nuts. 
Peanuts should always be shelled before being 
planted. They should be planted in May or earlv 
June, in rows about 2y 2 to 3 feet apart, dropping 
the nuts 8 to 10 inches apart, one in a hill. Cover 
one or two inches deep. Cultivate three or four 
times with a cultivator, so as to loosen the earth 
and keep down weeds, and at last working, with 
a small turn plow throw the dirt to the nuts. Do 
not cultivate too late in the season, as late culti- 
vation is likely to injure the formation of the 
nuts. It is also advisable to make an application 
of lime, scattering it on top of the row just after 
planting, and to use a top-dressing of land plaster 
just after the last working. Peanuts require 
plenty of lime to make first-class nuts, and the 
n 'c of lime and land plaster as above mentioned 
is recommended by the most successful growers. 
In harvesting, plow the peanuts, and then stack 
against stakes stuck into the ground, the roots 
with the peanuts on them, to the center, and the 
leaves outside. 
On a small plot, four rows 12 feet long, in a 
garden near Lexington, one bushel and a peck of 
peanuts were dug this fall. Try them in your 
garden this season. 
SPANISH. — Rather small pods, but very early and ex- 
tremely productive. The nuts are rich and highly flavored. 
1 his variety is also used for stock feeding. The entire 
plant being harvested and making very nutritious feed. 
IMPROVED VIRGINIA. — Grows upright and produces 
heavy crops of large nuts. 
Spring Vetch 
(Vicia satlva) • 
The Vetches do not do so well in the Spring as in 
the Fall. In some sections, Spring Vetch seems, however, 
to give very good results. When sown in Spring, the 
Spring Vetch makes a quicker growth than the Hairy 
Vetch. It is best always to sow with some grain — beard- 
less barley or oats, a bu hel of barley or oats and 30 
pounds of Vetch to the acre. 
Winter Vetch 
(Vicia viflosa) 
Hairy or Winter Vetch is increasing in popularity 
wherever grown, and is proving to be one of the most 
valuable crops for Fall planting. It not only makes the 
most nutritious hay, but improves the condition and pro- 
ductiveness of the land for crops to follow. Winter or 
Hairy Vetch occupies first place in this respect, it being 
among the few plants grown during the Fall and Winter 
months that are able to gather nitrogen from the air 
and deposit it in the soil for future use of other crops. 
The forage is greatly relished by horses and cattle, and 
is very nutritious; it is also a fine milk-producing food. 
Vetch can be sown from July to November, and should 
be sown broadcast at the rate of 20 to 30 pounds to 
the acre, with one bushel of rye or wheat. The rye 
or wheat helps to hold the Vetch off the ground, en- 
abling it to make a better growth, and making it more 
easy to harvest and cure properly. For a hay crop, 
Vetch should be cut just after the rye or wheat has 
headed out, and before the grain matures. If Vetch is 
sown alone, without being put in with rye or wheat, it 
should be sown at the rate of 35 to 40 pounds to the 
acre. It is much better, however, to sow it with rye or 
wheat. 
Flax 
Flax should be sown late enough in the Spring to avoid 
frost, but as early as it is possible to do so, in order 
Vetch 
to secure the early Spring rains. When growrr for the 
nbre, about one bushel should be sown to the acre; but 
if for seed alone, usually one-half is sufficient. 
We Recommend and Sell 
MULFORD CULTURES 
For Legumes 
To Inoculate Your 
ALFALFA COW PEAS 
CLOVERS SOY BEANS 
VETCHES 
and all other Legume Crops. 
Small Cost; Laitge Returns, Easy to Use; 
No Labor Expense. 
PRICES 
MULFORD CULTURES are supplied 
for tire varieties of legumes listed at the 
following prices : 
S-Acre Size (“A Dollar per Acre”) . .$7.50 
1-Acre Size 2.00 
Garden Size (J 4 acre) 1.00 
Why buy expensive commercial nitrates 
when you can grow legume crops and thus 
increase your yield, and at the same time 
increase the nitrates and enrich and reno- 
vate your soil by Nature’s own method? 
Save the wheat! Use cornmeal. Recipes, page 60. 
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