Peanuts Shelling Machines Change Farm Life in Rural Alabama
Farmers gathered at social and business events where the host served peanuts. By 1940 some experimented with machines to shell peanuts, hoping to replace hand shelling. O R Hipp of Andalusia bought a small sheller and found germination around 60 percent, a notable but imperfect advance.
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Andalusia
O. R. Hipp
Andalusian Gin Company
Hipp
Carter Brothers
Brundidge
Peanut Seed Shelling Workforce Growth Amid New Treatment
An analysis notes shifts in peanut seed planting and shelling roles. Prior to a pivotal change, 88 percent of seed area was five years or older. post treatment, about seven of ten are new shells. The new machine changes seed handling, affecting social life and employment in the industry as shelling on a large scale expands.
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Ian Ae
Ane Garution
Demi
Omega
Tee
Mschine
Hawaii Hopes To Catch Pest Nepping
Government experts seek enemies of the destructive Malayan fruit fly by studying insects in South Africa and Malaya. Entomologists target pupal attack to halt the pest's development as Hawaii combats millions in crop damage after the 1946 Pacific demobilization allowed fruit fly spread.
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Renolue
South Africa
Malaya
Pacific
Hawaiian
Hawaii
Chemical Warfare On Peanut Insects and Diseases
Houston County extension reports a modern peanut growing program using seed treatment with organic mercury, dusting to control leaf spot, and protective fungicidal dusts. Mercury seed treatment improves stands, dusts boost yield, and insect control saves crops during infestations by velvet bean caterpillar and other pests. Cites Ling and Alabama and notes DDT caveats and safer alternatives.
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Houston County
C. M. Ling
Houston
Ling
Alabama Extension Service
Extension
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India
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W. F. Covington
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W. F. Covington Planter Company
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W. F. Covington, SR
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