Farm crops, their cultivation and management, a non-technical manual for the cultivation, management and improvement of farm crops . th acommon turning plow, but the use of a potato-digging machine is a muchbetter method. The initial expense of such a machine is about $75, but itlasts many years and does the work much more efficiently than it can bedone otherwise. If dug by plow the soil must be shaken from the roots byhand, whereas the machine shakes off the soil as it digs. ANNUAL LEGUMES 165 A few hours after harvesting the peanuts should be stacked about apole. These poles should be driven
Farm crops, their cultivation and management, a non-technical manual for the cultivation, management and improvement of farm crops . th acommon turning plow, but the use of a potato-digging machine is a muchbetter method. The initial expense of such a machine is about $75, but itlasts many years and does the work much more efficiently than it can bedone otherwise. If dug by plow the soil must be shaken from the roots byhand, whereas the machine shakes off the soil as it digs. ANNUAL LEGUMES 165 A few hours after harvesting the peanuts should be stacked about apole. These poles should be driven firmly into the ground and piecesnailed at right angles to them just above the ground in order to keep thevines from the ground as much as possible. The stacks should be smalland conical and stacked as loosely as possible so that air will pass is not advisable to store peanuts in the barn until thoroughly the forage part may be stored after the nuts are picked. The nuts should not be picked from the vines until they are thoroughlydry and solid, else they will shrivel and become unfit for market Hakvesting and Curing Peanuts.* On the other hand, picking should not be delayed too late in the season onaccount of ravages from crows and mice. Hand-picked peanuts command the highest price, but owing to thedusty, irksome labor involved, picking machines are coming into generalfavor. There are two kinds on the market: one is a cylinder type usedmostly for Spanish peanuts; the other machine drags the vines over ahorizontal wire mesh, thus removing the nuts without breaking them. Peanuts must be kept continually dry or they become picking they are usually covered with dust and kept in a dry, well-ventilated place until stored in bags ready for market. 1 Courtesy of U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Fanners Bulletin 431. 166 SUCCESSFUL FARMING Preparing for Market.—Threshed peanuts contain much trash, neces-sitating a thorough cleaning before
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