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quality of hay, and is not readily eaten by stock until they have 

 become accustomed to its taste. The air-dried hay contains 17 per 

 cent of crude protein. 



Genista scop<iria (Scotch broom). A shrubby, perennial legume, 

 native of Scotland. The young growth is chietiy valued as a food 

 for sheep and other animals in winter. 



Gleditschia Iruiainlhos (Honey locust). A leguminous tree 30 

 to 60 feet high, native of the eastern United States. The pods are 

 eaten by stock, and the young growth is browsed down by cattle. 



FIG. ii. Soja bean (Glycin hispidd). 



Glycine hispida (Soja bean ; soy bean ; coffee bean. Fig. n) 

 An erect annual legume, with hairy stems and leaves, which has 

 been cultivated in China and Japan from remote antiquity. It was 

 long grown in botanic gardens, but when the facts concerning its 

 use as a human food by oriental nations came to light about twenty 

 years ago, it was largely introduced into this country and Europe, 

 where thorough trials of its forage and food value have been made. 

 There are a large number of named varieties, which vary in the 

 color of their seeds and the length of time which the plants require 



