AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
November, rgoo. 
sO 
PEANUTS AND PEAS. 
By II. B. 1 1 illy it. 
Paper n at I at the meeting of the Truck 
H rower*' A*enollHluu, on Oct. 9. at Dlilln*, 
Tmjis, 
•"I l» culture »t peanut* i- not intended 
fur liirgc crops MK" corn uud rollon. but 
rattier for n truck puKth, a* potatoc* or 
po/is, n few .•lores on diell farm. The pea 
nuts arc so trooMtsoun- and ivclUm* to 
gather for seed purposes rim t *ti« li hwv.-sf- 
lliir can only be profitably done by (lie 
email force era thi farm nr In occupy rainy 
day*. 
But when Imrveiletl a* a whole, vines, 
pen* and nil, niul cured, stored niul fed 
like outs, 1 consider them the hc.sl. anil most 
profitable feed crop grown. They fatten 
linrses, bogs or cow* muter tlinii uny other 
crop 1 Imve ever tried. They form a com- 
plete ration. All stork lire fond of them 
niul will eat them up clean, root* and all. 
They are n< enay to grow us corn stand 
the drouth ns well n* soryhilm. will lunkc- 
fnlr crop* on limit ton pour to grow corn 
at ii prolli. anil will laiprwxv the soil i-nch 
year. There an' several varieties of the 
tieunnt. The old soil known us the Vir- 
ginia peantil have fiutn two to three pea a 
to the pod. These crow to a huge slue am! 
are chiefly used in this ooiiniry u> pat/ lnsl 
goo t*era on the street •d.ind.v tmi in Europe 
are largely grown for tile fnelnrlw*. Toe 
oil is pressed out ami la said to he superior 
to olive oil, while tlio rake is fed to stuck 
ns cotton need meal I- in this eouiUr.v'. 
The large peanuts are a moiling variety. 
At enoh joint they bloom and semi down 
into the soil sumll roots which devrlciji in 
to the pea. If these I'oOte from an.v eiitiw 
fall to penetrate the null they perish, niul 
hence eaii only lie grown on very Hu lit 
loose Mindy soil. They stntul the drouth 
poorly mid shatter u|t bfldlj Hi un tinning. 
Indeed n large part of the ernp U sure to 
b.' lost unless you have pig* to glean them 
out 
The Spanish pouutltf are by all udils 
my f'hoiei They lire upright growers amt 
ran be (limited cli.»,<r together, yielding 
twice as much per :iciv as the other varl 
ctleH. They seta! down deep lap roots like 
1'Ot.tnn, .uni hence Klimd the drouth splcfe 
illdly. They ale a- easy to cultivate as 
corn, three plowing* niul twri hocUtg* being 
U tuple. The pea* grow in cluster* iitaoul 
ill.- tap root, to Which they adhere firmly, 
ami In gathering you pull up the vine* aiid 
lay them out to cure with the loss of c ry 
tew pen* The pud* arc sumll, rarely 
containing more thnn two p.-as Them 
fire rni- richer and sweeter limn the older 
varieties. When cured, which I* In „ f,. w 
day* they inn be Mimed In bain* or rail 
pen* mill kept indefinitely. They nr. easily 
h n lulled III feist ing 1 hey arc .1* easy to 
glow , cultivate, gfltbn cure and f.,i ,1 n, 
< orn. mid w ill grow no .my .mil. ,,,,.1 on the 
Mine land will produce two ., r thru., time, 
the feed «<n IT* per Hew* u* either coni nr 
,,nlH * '" y will make no eni] too pom- for 
tin- other iced crop* mid .Hand dmnlh I cl 
ter than any of them 
l have planted Spanish peamii* for Venn 
mid have >'li acre* of (hep, this vcyr.'The 
will produce from fifty to loo burind* pc 
acre mid make from two to fmxr ton- .. 
,'V* * I " W i,t " 1 '"'"'"'S No mschln 
> ,,r m'cut. d p. do this work an 
any mm, win think then, cheap a, alums 
any price who will pick t »i. m „(T ||„. v <n. 
by hand and dean (hem for market, yel I 
do it every year, and Ihtm Utilize the small 
hands of the farm and put all hands to 
w ork mi rainy day*. 
there Improvement at tin; la nil Is nil im- 
purlniil fnclor in estimating the profits of 
the crop. Wiy eiop that follows the peanut 
will give an Increased yield of at least 2f. 
per coni Tin * 1 same I* inn* nf nil kiuils of 
peas.'* 
MEETINGS OF STATE HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETIES. 
Missouri -Farming ion Bar. 1 - 0 . 
Minnesota M'nnwipi.llr p«*e, 17 . 
MtehlRno— fJrnntT llupld.-, Dec. Ml 
HU)io).< L'hamp.iiiiO. Pc II 13, 
Maryland — Baltimore, Pee. 20 - 21 . 
ludlnua— inflinnapdll*. pec. is 20, 
Maine— Norway, Nm ta il. 
Kansas -Topeka. Poe. 27 - 2 S. 
Both California and li.nicln promise a 
Ifll Be "i ...ice 1 rup 1 he crop in 1 loridn. 
It I* said, will he the larger t since the 
givnl freeze, while the price will he so 
tiinch better that It will tiring nearly as 
much money. 
If plum trees of an.v of the rapidly grow- 
ing Chickasaw varieties arc grown fiotn 
l lie sc. d, ttno mil v~ he Induced to put torth 
fruit bmP by root pruning and riitUng 
back 1 In* new growth about mm half 
(lie ranner. Review say* the Bin Pa- 
d* mid (hum are line and the r mu- ap- 
ple Some most excellent fruit growers 
"HI ted agree with him. Past full, while 
in the mark*, itm editor of this paper saw 
'•db <bmr. ami Ken Pad* in the ..inm 
lo.nl and - on, Hme- Hu- -anie band, and 
>1 did mil re.|inrc an expect I,. rlisiingnUli 
tin- fiirromjiv. 
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Masonic Temple, Chicago. 
P 
ECAN 
AY 
ROFIT 
s 
BROTHER FARMERS: Don't you 
sn flic great aliened in I’vciui culture.' 
For year* WC have made it a sperially. 
Our Vc Pin, Ultra ate til fittf-t 
known tour linn the -i/v nt ordinal y 
. ..nniinrri.il: vetv thin shell; line --I .pm I 
ity . go about ihiitv (.. pound. I’bcy 
are adapted to «a.v noil and cfiimtc 
that will grow a hickory nr Mack wal 
nut. hear to pay in five or r,ix years, 
, an lie set on mine land with fiillivatcd 
crops and will not interfere for year ■ , 
or can be vet on prairie or other open 
or pasture l.itlfl; cattle docs not bother 
them They will hear at least 35 lb- tu 
tree in five year;, and ten rimes 
that amount in ten yean, tiny bring at 
lent St per lb. flhcSe fancy kind) for 
■eed, and five times a-- tnudj nil gen- 
eral market as tin- ordinary wild com- 
mercial, We offer Jttjo for sample ol 
belter than min 
We will furnish s? t year-old trees 
to -i t arm 40 . 10 it. t for olds $ 4 . 50 ami 
prepny ( he nt by express to you; 100 nr 
more tiers u cts rarli, delivered. The*,* 
arr far lower than ipiy others sell Ificni. 
We also have tin; finest field corn 
known, highly improved by us 40 years, 
pure white, kernel; nearly Inch long, 
very flinty f weighs (« III;. to nieasui • <! 
lut-hcB, shells over 1 lb i<> tcir, nw 
Ones in loti days and gUar.inlerd to 
ntakv one-fourth tinite per ncn. on 
‘me ground and witii sann cultivation 
Ilian any oilier coni known. 
Brice Faririprs' Pride r..rii, 1 1 *. 
cue lull II),. postpaid; 4 llw. Si. post 
land; $,) Ini. l»y express or freight, not 
prepaid Dcwfipfivc rlrculiirs of all 
free- Ii yon waul samples of corn send 
10 ct.. . ; if .ample; of pecan runs semi 
-’:s ct- which will he deducted from 
Order 
I rj- ..nr specialties and !><• convinced, 
hciitll lei Uunil i.lieek moires* iminey urdix 
ur.'i'm, " " , r . !, Iniiip. or ■filer III nnllll- 
itry li'ili r tor -suiplni. 
Addi v«% 
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AN'ihRS, I'ropeietor 
Ne P|u* Ultra Farms and Nurseries ^ 
I I'ECAN. BLADEN COIINIY, N. C. ■' 
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