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Excerpt from Trends in U. S. Peanut Acreage, Production and Usage, 1947-65 During the past 10 years, about half of the total edible peanuts have gone into the manufacture of peanut butter, almost one-fourth have been used for salting, and about one - sixth have been used in candy. Virginia-type used in cleaned unshelled form (ball park type) have accounted for less than 10 per cent of the total (table Mbst of the Runner and Spanish types of peanuts are used for peanut butter and most of the shelled Virginia types for salting. Spanish peanuts are the most widely used type for candy manufacture. However, some of each type is utilized in all 3 outlets. The greatest increase in the utilization of peanuts has been in the manue facture of peanut butter. Utilization has increased from.h60 million pounds (farmers' stock basis) in 1955 to an estimated 675 million in l96h. On a per capita basis, the rise was from pounds to pounds. Considerable research is being directed toward improving the quality of peanuts and peanut butter, and there are indications that consumption will continue to increase. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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