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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
Tuber of Jerusalem Artichoke 
Plant Plenty of Peanuts 
The peanut as a “cash” crop and as a feeding and fattening crop is coming into its 
own. In many parts of the South it has long been looked on as desirable to have a 
small peanut patch for the hogs to run on for fattening and possibly a few over for 
the children to “parch.” 
Now the peanut has become a full man-sized crop with hundreds of thousands of 
acres under cultivation both for hog feeding and in many sections for sale direct to 
oii mills for the manufacture of peanut oil and meal. 
Peanuts ought to be a regular crop on every Southern farm that has sandy, light 
clay or loose loam soils. Every part of ttie crop is of use. The tops make splenilid 
hay or forage, the nuts are valuable either for feed or for sale to the oil mills, most 
of which will contract in advance for your crop. You can trade witli tliem and got 
back the meal for feed just as you would trade cotton seed for cottonseed meal. 
Last, but not least, the peanut is one of the leguminous plants that draw tliat 
most costly element of plant food, nitrogen, from the air, depositing it in your soil 
for the use of future crops. 
The peanut as a real crop has come to the Cotton Belt to stay. If you fail to plant 
peanuts plentifully it’s your loss. The Spanish Peanut (two varieties) is early and a 
heavy bearer. In Florida and along the Gulf Coast where they can be planted as early 
as April and as late as July loth, two crops can be made. Plant from 1 to 2 l)ush- 
els per acre, the Spanish or bush sorts thicker or closer than the running varieties. 
Just a word. Y'ou may desire some of the improved varieties sucli as are offered 
below. Y’ou may not feel able to pay the price for quantity sufficient for your acre¬ 
age. Send in your order for one or three pounds or more, plant in well prepared 
ground and grow your seed for large acreage next year. 
Hastings’ Improved Spanish (No. 579) Sdlfced'imil/e In 
bred for the purpose of increasing the size somewhat and tlie nuinlter of kernels per 
hull to three to a marked degree, yet keeping the fine quality and productiveness of 
the standard Spanish peanut. Our grower has established this sort and has ob¬ 
tained better yields than with any other variety. It is especialiy adapted to sandy 
lands and shows remarkably few “pops” in the crops. Best recieaned, hand-picked 
seed stock. Pound, 50 cents; postpaid. YVe cannot offer larger quantities this year. 
Qnanieh Poanilt^Nn SftI ^ ^ been the best variety 
apanisn r'eanui^nu. 901 ; for a forage and fattening crop in the 
South. An early, heavy bearer; bushes growing close, so very easily cultivated. 
Grains or nuts are smaller, but much sweeter and finer flavored and much more 
free from “pops” than the larger sorts. Best recleaned seed stock. Pound, 40 cents; 
3 pounds, .$1.00; postpaid. 10-pound lots, not prepaid, 23V4 cents lb.; 50-lb. lots at 
21 cents; 100-lb. lots at 20 cents. Write for quantity prices when ready to buy. 
North Carolina Running Peanut (No. 580) ?®rbeJn ?n"in- 
creased planting of the running varieties of peanuts. The best and surest cropper 
in the Central and Lower South is the “North Carolina.” Nuts somewhat larger 
than the Spanish, easily grown, and nuts fill out nicely with very few “pops” for a 
running variety. Finest recleaned seed stock. Pound, 40 cents; 3 pounds, $1.00; 
postpaid. 10-lb. lots, not prepaid, 'I'ZVs cents lb.; 50-lb. lots at 21 cents; 100-lb. lots 
at 20 cents per lb. Write for market prices when ready to buy. 
Improved Valencia Peanut(No. 578) l^n^/^ULand “fw^a^pl^n^ 
adapted to our section and yet larger in size with a greater number of nuts or ker¬ 
nels than in the generalit.v of varieties planted in the South. The Improveil Valencia 
coming originally from Spain fills the requirements exactly and has proven through 
several years’ test its full adaptability to our growing conditions. A most productive 
and desirable variety, a distinct improvement in appearance over any variety in gen¬ 
eral use. Pods are large, close and well filled, containing 3 to 4 nuts or kernels in 
each pod. Of very mild, sweet enjoyable flavor. Their handsome appearance makes 
storekeepers, or any one wanting them for ordinary commercial purposes, buy them 
on sight. 
The Valencia is well worth a trial on your farm. Home Grown Seed, pound, post¬ 
paid, 45 cents; 3 pounds, $1.25. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots, 2$ cents per pound, 50-lb. 
lots at 23 cents; 100-lb. lots at 22% cents per pound. 
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES OF^HOG^FEEDS 
The Southern farmer who grows hogs and does not grow .Jerusalem Artichokes is 
neglecting a most important hog-food crop. It is a most valuable food for hogs, fat¬ 
tening them quickly, and it is said by many hog raisers that a hog fed on articliokes 
has never been known to have cholera. They are fully adapted to Southern plantings, 
growing and increasing through the entire season. 'They are grown from tubers, the 
same as Irish potatoes. It requires 300 pounds to plant an acre. On very rich land 
they have produced nearly 1000 bushels per acre. Turn the hogs into the field and 
they will harvest them. Plant in March and April in rows 3 feet apart, dropping seed 
every 2 feet in the row. Let grow until fall. Hogs will be delighted to harvest them 
all through the winter. Pound, postpaid, 25 cents; 3 pounds, 70 cents. By freisbt or 
express, not prepaid, 10 pounds, 75 cents; 50-pound lots (bushel) and upwards, € 
cents per pound. Write for large quantity prices. 
Type of Hastings’ Valencia Peanuts 
THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS FOOD 
There is a tendency to stop the planting: of food and forage crops for hope of 
lower food prices. This is a mistake. Peace has brought into the food market of 
America over a hundred million extra hungry mouths. It will take years to get 
the world back to anything like normal conditions of production and consumption. 
The wise farmer will keep on increasing his food crop acreage to obtain the 
highest top-notch price in history for food. The great North and West will cut 
down their vast w'heat acreage and the high price of cotton will make thousands 
of Southerners plant more cotton than ever. Be wise. 
