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(I,) Lupines, Lupinus albus. 



(J,) Tare or vetch, Vicia sativa. 



with several other species. 



(Jfj) Broad bean, Windsor bean, Vicia faba. 



354. In the United States the cultivation of leguminous 

 plants is chiefly confined to Kidney Beans (b,) and Peas (A,J 

 eome varieties of which prosper in every section of the country. 

 In the census they are united together ; and no account appears 

 to have been taken of them before 1850. In that year the 

 total crop was 9,219,975 bushels, or nearly double the quantity 

 of barley grown. North Carolina produced the largest amount, 

 viz: 1,584,252 bushels, while South Carolina, Georgia, and 

 Mississippi, alone besides, produced each, over a million of 

 bushels. The crop of Michigan was 74,254 bushels. In tha 

 Northern States, these crops may be considered as of inferior 

 value. 



355. As regards the analyses, it will be most convenient to 

 class them all together; and w shall be obliged to depend 

 chiefly on the labors of foreign chemists. 



The following by Hereford and Krocker of Germany, and 

 Thompson of Scotland are believed to be correct. 



From this table it appeal s that the nutritious qualities of each 

 species is very nearly the same. The flesh-forming constituents 

 are large, and there is sufficient starch for all the purposes of 

 life, but little or nothing to form fat. Other analyses give from 

 1.5 to 2.1 per cent of oil or fatty matter in beans, and from l.d 



