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The American peanut industry

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American production of peanuts was greatly stimulated at the beginning of the present century by the depredations of the weevil in the Cotton Belt. Apart from their use as food, their industrial utilization is only in its infancy and includes conversion of their protein into textile fibers and other products.

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  1. Foremost Foundation Penney Farms, Florida

    C. Lewis Wrenshall (Director)

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Foremost Foundation, a non-profit organization, sponsored by Foremost Dairies, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, conducts a research program along lines of regional interest.

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Wrenshall, C.L. The American peanut industry. Econ Bot 3, 158–169 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859521

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