House and Garden 
farmers, for they live largely on insects 
ancl^^help to destroy vast numbers of in¬ 
jurious species. 
It is important not only that every 
farmer protect and encourage the birds 
around his place, but that efforts be 
made to secure uniform laws providing 
for the protection of all our birds. The 
English sparrow is the greatest enemy 
of all native birds, and if unmolested, 
will thwart all efforts to encourage and 
protect other species. War against 
these foreigners should be waged by 
everyone. 
PEANUTS FOR NORTHERN GARDENS 
^ I 'ffE peanut is generally supposed to 
be a subtropical product, but it 
only needs a little time and patient 
experimentation to place it among the 
commercial products of the Northern 
States. No State of the South can fur¬ 
nish a better developed lot of nuts than 
are grown in Southeastern Michigan on 
the shores of the great lake, and in lati¬ 
tude 43. 
Two years ago I established a contest 
among the boys and girls of Michigan, 
offering a prize for the boy and girl that 
would raise the most nuts from one 
pound of seed. Sixty-five contestants 
from as many different points in the State 
entered the scheme, and I was certainly 
surprised at results, which ranged from 
total failure up to twenty-two pounds of 
nuts produced from the one pound of 
seed, yet the average for the sixty-fiv.e 
tests was twelve pounds. This, con¬ 
sidering the inexperience of the young¬ 
sters, was pronounced exceedingly good. 
Not for people living in the South, but 
for those in the North who eat peanuts 
and are ignorant as to their growth and 
the habits of the plant, do I give the in¬ 
formation that they grow almost exactly 
like potatoes. The nut is planted in 
the ground and the finished product is 
dug from the ground the same as we dig 
the hill of potatoes. 
Warm, well-drained, rather light 
but fertile soil and without fresh sta¬ 
ble manure tells all that is needed 
to know about soil conditions; so if 
you plant on low, wet, soggy soil 
and fail, which you will, don’t blame 
me. Buy one pound of unroasted 
peanuts in the shell, which will cost 
ten cents. Get the best you can 
find as there is a great difference in 
quality. Break the shells carefully, so 
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