Archive image from page 575 of Cyclopedia of farm crops . Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada cyclopediaoffarm00bailuoft Year: 1922, c1907 Fig. 738. Three leading types of American-grown peanuts: (A) Spanish; (B) Carolina; (C) Virginia No. 1. There is objection to this, however, as the young plants are brittle and easily broken, and the weeder frequently does considerable damage. As the season advances and the plants gain size, broader teeth are used on the culti- vator and a center tooth of some size is employed to open
Archive image from page 575 of Cyclopedia of farm crops . Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada cyclopediaoffarm00bailuoft Year: 1922, c1907 Fig. 738. Three leading types of American-grown peanuts: (A) Spanish; (B) Carolina; (C) Virginia No. 1. There is objection to this, however, as the young plants are brittle and easily broken, and the weeder frequently does considerable damage. As the season advances and the plants gain size, broader teeth are used on the culti- vator and a center tooth of some size is employed to open a water furrow between the plants so as to leave a ridge two to three inches high of loose, friable soil. This is important, for as soon as the plants have shed their bloom the forming nut is thrust into the loose soil for further de- velopment. The importance of keep- ing the soil well up around the plant, as well as loose and friable, is apparent. It is also important that the cultivation should not be close enough to the plant to disturb the roots or the forming nuts. In ordi- nary practice the plants are not 'laid by' until about the last of July or the first of August through the Virginia peanut region. Harvesting.—In late years, since the value of peanut hay has become more generally recognized, the har- vesting of the crop has been pushed forward. The earlier the hay is cut the more valuable it is. If gather- ing is delayed until frost touches the plants, a large proportion of the leaves are lost and the value of the hay is very materially lessened. It is the practice to begin harvesting sufficiently in advance of the normal date for killing frost to have the crop entirely in shock before such frost occurs. The common method is to throw a furrow away from the row of plants on either side. Men follow with forks and lift the plants out of the ground, gently shake the sand from them, and throw them into heaps, placing five or six rows in one general windrow. Another s'lu
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