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Water 



Ash 



Cellulose 



Fat 



Sugars 



Non-nitrogenous matter 



Nitrogenous matter ... 



The composition of the seeds varies between fairly wide 

 limits, according to the varieties. In Mauritius the two 

 varieties tested gave very different proportions of fat and 



nitro£renous matter. 



The Queensland Agricultural Journal for January, 191 1, 

 gives an analysis of the seeds of soy : — • 



Water ... 



Ash ... 



Cellulose 



Fat 



Non-nitrogenous matter 



Nitrogenous matter 



We take from the Indian Trade Journal the average oil 

 content in fourteen samples of seeds sent from Japan and 

 cultivated on the Manjri Experimental Farm : — 



Oil, per cent, average 

 ,, minimum 



,, maximum 



19-54 

 16-44 

 22-48 



The Reporter on Economic Products at Calcutta has 

 established comparisons between soy seeds harvested in 

 different portions of the world, and credits them with the 

 followincf oil contents : — • 



