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FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA 153
who made 263 bushels, tells the story. Stephen' C. Skipper, of
Willacoochee, says:
"I made over 60 bushels per acre without any fertilizer or lime
and found the land to be improved instead of run down. One
of my uncles made 100 bushels per acre on the same grade of
land with the use of ground limestone. *******
"The peanuts stood around the poles until the first of October
before they were picked off, as this is best to let them be quite
dry before picking off. The vines make the finest kind of hay.
1 baled and sold six tons of the vines and fed a ton or more to
the stock, which was turning out pretty well when you consider I
only harvested six acres of peanuts. Besides the peanuts gath
ered, there were enough left in the field to fatten the meat re
quired for the family.
"Below I give the correct figures of cost and receipts. My own
work and the worth of the land for rent is not considered, as the
peanuts helped the land, and enough were left in the field to fatten
our hogs: Hired labor, $8.00; nails for stacking hay, $1.00;
wire for baling hay, $1.50; picking peanuts, $45.00; sacks for
sacking peanuts, $4.50; total cost, $59.50. Peanuts, 263 bushels
at $1.20, $315.60; hay, 6 tons, at $18.00, $108.00; total, $423.60.
Cost, $59.50. Net profit, $364.10.
SHETLAND PONIES ON BATTLE STOCK FARM, MOOT/TRIE.