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more potent than the ordinary pulses to which the people are 

 accustomed ; as a crop for growth in the plains it has the dis- 

 advantage of occupying the land during two seasons, it may 

 suffer from water-logging during the rains and requires plenty of 

 moisture in October, and it harbours rats during the last two 

 months of its growth. These objections do not appear to us by 

 any means unsunuountable. We have already shown that there 

 are good prospects of an increase of price of Soy Bean meal, 

 which should enable manufacturers to pay more for their raw 

 material. The use of Soy Beans for food could be extended if 

 the educated classes once appreciate its value as an addition to a 

 rice diet, and experiment with its preparation for food on the 

 lines suggested. As a field crop in the plains it can suitably 

 replace Urd or Kalai (Phaseolus Mungo, Linn) as a mixed crop 

 with Maize, in which case the maize would be harvested in 

 September and the Soy Beans in December. It could also take 

 the place of the Kulthi (Dolichos biflorus) and sometimes Kalai, 

 which are sown on large areas of high lands in September and 

 which do not give very heavy or profitable crops. Its cultivation 

 in the hills would probably be largely extended on the present 

 lines as soon as the price reached a satisfactory figure. It only 

 remains to say that our work is being continued on the lines 

 indicated in this paper with a view to isolating early maturing 

 types possessing a high yield of oil. 



We are much indebted to our Assistants, Mr. A .C. Ghosh, 

 Asst. Economic Botanist, and Mr. M. N. Ghosh, Asst. Professor 

 of Chemistry, for assistance in carrying out this work. 



