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bean is an upright, bushy plant. The cultivated soy bean is found in 

 this same region and also China and north India. Here the beans are 



FIG. 182. Soy bean plant. 



used extensively as human food, and also for the manufacture of oil. 

 At present not only the oil but the oil cake and great quantities of 

 the beans are exported to Europe and America. The crop was intro- 



