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The above table gives the analyses of the decorticated 

 cotton cake and the soya cake used in the trials at Newton 

 Rigg. It will be seen that both of these foods have a high 

 feeding value indicated by their analyses. The decorticated 

 cotton cake is a good sample, as this contains on the average 

 only about 9*5 per cent, of oil. The soya cake contains about 

 4'5 per cent, more albuminoids, but about 7 per cent, less oil 

 than the decorticated cotton cake. The results of the analyses 

 indicate that their value when fed to milch cows is about equal. 

 The analysis of a sample of soy beans is also given in the 

 above table, from which it will be seen that these contain 15'62 

 per cent, of oil before any of this has been extracted. From 

 other analyses of soya beans it may be assumed that they 

 contain on the average about 18 per cent, of oil and about 40 

 per cent, of albuminoids. 



Soy, soja, or soya beans have been known in China and 

 Japan for a considerable time. Soy (shoyu), the universal 

 condiment in Japan, is prepared from soy beans, mixed in 

 equal quantities with either wheat or barley. The British 

 Oil and Cake Mills, Ltd., Hull, inform us that about 400,000 

 tons of these beans have been exported from Manchuria during 

 the present year, of which about 325,000 tons have come to 

 Britain, including about half of this quantity to Hull. The 

 new crop has been roughly estimated at about 500,000 tons, 



