HANDLING OF PEANUTS
One of Most Excellent Crops
, Farmer Can Raise.
Has Many Bird Enemies and Tender
Plant Affprfls Dainty Rabbits Are
, Partciularly Fond Of Plan
for Harvesting.
In my opinion peanuts are one of
Jjne best crops a farmer can raise.
They excel corn for feed, especially
on poor land. Like peas, they will
flourish on thin land, and improve it.
They will grow on any kind of soil
hut sandy land is best as the nuts
ar cleaner, brighter and smoother.
They have great drouth resisting
Qualities. In this part of Texas pea
nuts may be planted any time from
the last of March to the first of July,
writes W. P. Kloster of Sunset, Tex.,
In the. Missouri Valley Farmer. The
ground should be prepared by plowing
deeply and harrowing thoroughly,
kay off the rows, drop the nuts and
cover two or three inches deep. 1
take off the front part of my single
row planter and use it when covering
the seed. The hills should be about
a foot apart in the drill and the rows
three feet apart. Put in plenty of
Beed, for the mice and moles will
get some and some may not be good.
It' is best to plant the whole nut
Soak them for 24 hours before plant
ing, to soften the hull. After drain
ing off the water, Just before planting,
pour kerosene oil over them to keep
away the moles.
The peanut has many enemies, and
no wonder. As soon as the lender
plant appears the crow is apt to pull
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by fence from the rabbits. The
tender plant is a dainty they like.
At harvest time, when you turn the
nuts up to the sun to dry, the crows
come once more. Since the vines
are as valuable as the nuts, great care
should be given to the harvest If
there is plenty of barn room they may
be hauled in at once, and scattered
thinly over the floor, leaving doors
and windows open so the air can cir- -
mate freely. -Some haul ana mi
a flat topped shed or" barn o cur
then they are out ot the way of
depredators,, and they can quickly U
pu": into the barn on the approach ot
rain. But for a large crop, the best
way 1b" to Bet up poles in . the field
about six feet tall and shock the vine
loosely about two feet in diameter
Don't press the vines down. It is best
to let the vines cure a day or two
before shocking if the weather will
permit As soon as they are thor
oughly cured hurry them to the bran.
Rain rapidly destroys their feeding
value.
To plow them up take off the mold
board from an ordinary turning plow.
The dirt will fall through, and the
vines, together with the nuts will be
turned to the side. They should then
be shaken and turned up to the sun.
Avoid all the dirt possible, as it will
cling to the vines and lessen . their
value as feed. A small crop may be
How the Peanut Grows.
The Vine Blossoms-Along the 8tem.
After the Flowers Fall, the Ovaries
of the Plant Enter the Ground
Where the Pods Are Matured.
harvested by running a common spad
ing fork under each vine and turning
out vine and all. In soft ground they
can be pulled by hand.
The feeding is a small problem.
The stock only ask a chance. Cows
and horses will eat first the nuts, then
the vines. The dry vines are not good
for hogs, but they will fatten on the
nuts. The vines and nuts -together
form almost a balanced ration. 1
knew one man who fed his horses pea
nuts and bran, and he claimed -it was
better than corn. At all events, his
norses were fat.
WORKING EROSION MODEL FOR SCHOOLS
Model Showing the Effects of Rain-Fall Upon Two Adjacent Hill One
Covered With Forest Growth and the Other Devoid of Such Protection,
In the lake, and the gradual opening
up of watercourses through them, are
all typical of the processes constantly
going on in nature and show striking
ly the close relationship between for
ests and surface formation. It is the
same process of erosion on a larger
scale which, after the destruction of
our forests, causes the removal of the
top soil from our slopes, cuts them up
Into gullies, and deposits sand and
gravel upon the fertile alluvial soil of
thA nnrfnm lonHa In cfnm .nn
, uvuxul ICOCI"
voirs, or in the channels of streams,
where it impedes navigation and
causes overflow.
HARDY QUALITIES OF MULES
Horses Cost More to Mature and Also
, Command Lower Prices Farmers
; Should Co-Operate.
':- A mule costs less to mature than a
horse. It will out-sell a horse from
$5 to $15, depending on the section of
the country where you are in business.
The average price paid for mules is
$9 above the average price paid for
horses in 1911, according to the year
book of the United States department
of agriculture.
A mule, will earn its board after it
Is two years old if handled carefully.
IDp to the weaning time the mule will
cost little more than $10 or $15. The
next eighteen months of the mule's
keep will be the most costly. Figur
ing the cost of hay at $20 a ton and
the cost of oats at 40 cents a Jbushel,
it will cost about $90 to grow the mule
to maturity. Yet when it is sold tt
will bring from $150 to $300.
It is not necessary for one to own or
buy pure-bred mares to grow the best
mules. Any mare that .will rear a
good colt will rear a good mule! Yet
the better the grade of mares the bet
ter will be the offspring. In most
communities there is a breeder who
owns a good jack. If not, it will be
possible for a few interested farmers
to co-operate and buy a , good jack.
They should be able to buy an excel
lent Jack for from $1,000 to $1,500.
SOUTHEBII RAILVAY.
PRI
CARRIER OF TIE SOUTH
MAIN LINK.
! Pasturing Too Closely.
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' If the sheep are compelled to dig
In the pasture for their food they are
very likely to eat the roots of the
grass. It Is a. far better plan to have
two pastures and allow them to graze
In one while the other is allowed to
catch up and make a good growth.
(By D. C. ELLIS.)
A working model showing the pro
cess of erosion on deforested slopes
has been a feature of exhibits by the
forest service at recent expositions.
It shows the working out of the natur
al phenomena so well, and is ho sim
ple and inexpensive to construct, that
a similar model might be erected in
schools for the use of classes in
nature study, elementary agriculture
and physical geography.
The model consists of two hills slop
ing down into two valleys through
which two streams "wind in and out
through farm land and lead Into two
lakes at the front of the landscape.
Both hills are made of the same kind
of soil, that of the region in which
the model-is erected, but one is cov
ered with twigs, young trees, or
shrubs, to simulate a forest, under
neath which is a heavy carpet of
moss representing the layer of leaves
and twigs which covers the ground
in the real forest, while the other hill
Is bare of all vegetation.
By means of a suitable sprinkling
device water in the form of rain is
made to fall with equal force upon the
two hills. On the forested slope its
fall is broken by the foliage and it
drops gently upon the moss-covered
surface of the ground. The moss and
the soil beneath, which is kept soft
and porous by the protective cover,
quickly absorb the rain and allow it
to seep out as clear water farther
down the slope, thus forming a moun
tain stream which flows through a
green and fertile valley into a clear
lake at the lower end of the model.
On the other slope the rain beating
down upon the unprotected and hard
ened surface" washes deep gullies in
the hillside, carries the soil into the.
turbid stream which drains the val
ley below, and thence into a. muddy
lake. The erosion on the slope loos
ens stones, which are carried down
upon the valley farms; the silt depos
ited in the channel of the stream di
verts the water, which opens up gul
lies through the dry land; the main
stream is made shallower and wider
and often overflows into the fields;
islands and silt bars rise in the
stream; and deltas are built up in
characteristic form at the entrance to
the lake.
Th 3 erosion processes which work
themselves out In this model, the
wearing down of the hill, the silting
up of the stream bed, the gradual
shifting of the course of the stream,
h formation of deltas and sand bars
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Good quality black satteen petticoats at 50e and the best value we have
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Whit leaiher hose for men, women and children at 10c per pair.
These hose ara like their name indicates, tough as whit leather. You
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