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bread and rye bread are about the same, and both are superior 

 to white bread. 



In conclusion, the chemistry of the different breads gives no 

 support to the idea that black bread is an inferior article of diet. 



M. YOUNG. Dirty Bread. (Ann. Rpt. Med. Off. Health Maryle- 

 bone, 1908, rev. in Pub. Health, 23, No. 2, p. 60, London, 1909); 

 E. S. R., March 1910. Washington. 



Attention is called to the probable contamination of bread when 

 it is carried through the streets for delivery without special pro- 

 tection, and some information is given regarding the cost of wrapping 

 bread so as to insure protection. In the experience of a London 

 baker the cost of paper and string for this purpose was about 8 cts. 

 (o fr. 40 c.) per 100 2 Ib. loaves. 



ALFRED SMETHAM. Soya Beans or China Oil Beans. : Soya oil 

 and Soya-bean cakes. Some New Feeding Stuffs and their 

 Relative Value as Cattle Foods. Liverpool, 1909, p. 4. 



" Most notable, perhaps, of the new foods is the Soya Bean, 

 which has come meteor-like into England in large quantities during 

 the last year or so. " 



Mr. Smetham proceeds with the following remarks : 

 " What circumstances or combination of events have made it 

 possible at this particular period for merchants to ship the vast 

 quantitaties of the Beans which have recently reached England I 

 have not been able to discover, but it seems to me that the chief 

 factor is to be found in the development of Manchuria by the 

 Japanese as the result of the Russo-Japanese war. It is said that 

 during the campaign Soya Beans entered largely into the dietary 

 of the Japanese army, and, doubtless, during the progress of the 

 war the Japanese became familiarised with the Bean-producing 

 districts, and the exportation of the surplus supplies is the result. 

 Be that as it may, the fact remains that up to the end of next 

 August, so I am informed on very good authority, the estimated 

 sales in the United Kingdom of the Soya Oil Beans may be 

 roughly estimated at 250000 tons. What the future is likely to 

 be is uncertain, but from conversations I have had with those who 

 have studied the subject, the general impression seems to be that 

 they "have come to stay", and that in the near future at all 



