| PAGE. | | CHAPTER I.—Description. | | Origin.—Natural History.—Varieties.—Possible Range.—Analysis. | 5 | | CHAPTER II.—Planting. | | Soil, and Mode of Preparation.—Seed.—Time and Mode of Planting.—Fertilizers.—Replanting.—Moles, and Other Depredators.—Critical Period. | 14 | | CHAPTER III.—Cultivation. | First Plowing and Weeding.—Subsequent Workings.—Implements.—
When Cultivation should Cease.—Insect Enemies.—Effects of Cold.
—Effects of Drouth.—Appearance at this Period. | 27 | | CHAPTER IV.—Harvesting. | | When to begin Harvesting.—Mode of Harvesting.—Why cured in the Field.—Depredators.—Detached Peanuts.—Saving Seed Peanuts. | 37 | | CHAPTER V.—Marketing. | | Picking the Peanuts.—Price paid Pickers.—Cleaning and Bagging.—Peanut "Factories."—The best Markets.—Picking Machines. | 46 | | CHAPTER VI.—Uses. | | Peanut Oil.—Roasted Peanuts.—Peanut Candy.—Peanut Coffee.—Peanut Chocolate.—Peanut Bread.—Peanut Soap.—Peanuts as a Food for Stock.—Peanut Hay. | 55 | | APPENDIX. | | A. Statistics. | 65 | | B. Costs. | 67 | | C. The Peanut Garden of America. | 67 |
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