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SOY BEANS IN BENGAL, BIHAR AND ORISSA. 



Ill consequence several observations were made upon small 

 quantities of seed obtained from single plants in 1909. Owing 

 to the fact that a proportion of the seed was required for 

 sowing again in the following year, the sizes of the samples were 

 very small and we were only able to determine the nitrogen in 

 small quantities of seed from each plant. From five to seven 

 seeds were taken in each case, and the nitrogen was determined 

 by Kjeldahl's method. It will be seen that it was impossible to 

 arrive at definite conclusions from observations of such extremely 

 small samples, which did not exceed 0*4 gram in weight in any 

 case. Owing, however, to the fact that they were the starting- 

 point of our work, it will be of interest to give the results 

 obtained from these experiments. 



These results were as follows : — 



The great difference in nitrogen content between the black 

 and chocolate varieties led us to think that it would be of 

 interest to see if these differences were merely accidental or were 

 inherited characters of the varieties. 



Owing to the small size of the samples, to which reference 

 has already been made, it was thought that it would be of 

 interest to corroborate our observations by an examination of 



