ANALYSIS OF BEAN-GRAIN. 367 



Indies. The S. dulcis, the Otaheite apple, is cultivated and 

 much prized in the Society Islands and in the Friendly Islands. 



Leguminosce or Fabacece, Leguminous orders. Sub-orders : 

 1. Papilionaceous section. Faba vulgaris or Vicia faba, the 

 common bean, many varieties of which are cultivated in our 

 gardens, and even several varieties for the food of animals 

 in the fields. Beans are given to the horse whole, boiled, 

 raw, or bruised. They are given to cattle in the form of 

 meal that is, the husk and grain ground together to a 

 not over-fine powder. Beans may be ground to a fine 

 flour, in which state they are used to adulterate the flour of 

 wheat. Beans are very serviceable to horses employed in 

 fatiguing work. As Stewart observes in his ' Stable Economy' 

 " If beans do not afford more nutriment, weight for weight, 

 than oats, they at least produce more lasting vigour. To use 

 a common expression, they keep the stomach longer. The 

 horse can travel farther ; he is not so soon exhausted. ... In 

 the coaching-stables beans are almost indispensable to horses 

 that have to run long stages." 



Beans are also of much service in feeding pigs. 



The following is the composition of the bean-grain, as given 

 in Hemming's tables : 



COMPOSITION IN 100 PARTS. DRIED AT 212 FAHRENHEIT. 



Organic matter, .... 96.90 

 Ash, 3.10 



100.00 



ULTIMATE ELEMENTS. 



Carbon, . . . . .46.50 



Hydrogen, . . . . 7.10 



Oxygen, . . . .40.30 



Nitrogen, .... 6.10 



100.00 

 Ammonia, . 7.38 



