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in it properties, hitherto unsuspected, of immense 

 value to the milling industry. In short, they find that 

 soya flour ranks nearly highest in the scale of high- 

 class products of this nature, and Messrs. Ranks, 

 Ltd., among others, are now putting on the market 

 a soya flour of great nutritious value as human food. 

 A most delicious biscuit is also being manufactured 

 from the flour by Messrs. Carr, of Carlisle. There 

 seems, in fact, no end to the commercial possibilities 

 of this truly wonderful legume. 



It is useless attempting to embark on the culti- 

 vation of soya bean for export unless it is undertaken 

 on a large scale, and continuity of supply can be 

 assured. The trade is wholly in the hands of buyers 

 who deal in huge quantities for which they are always 

 prepared to pay prompt cash, but they will make 

 no bids for occasional consignments. Intending 

 growers should therefore select areas of 200 to 300 

 acres or more of suitable ground for the enterprise, 

 and devote it wholly and exclusively for the culture 

 of the bean. 



Careful estimates of the cost of delivery of soya 

 bean at, say, Colombo, assuming cultivation took 

 place in Ceylon, place the figure at about 305. per ton, 

 and the present price in London is over ^7 per ton. 

 The price at Colombo f.o.b. is 6 per ton, so that the 

 profits to the growers are enticing enough for the 

 most timid of investors. 



