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be placed in small shocks, or bundles. Later, it should be stacked, or 

 housed. 



Nutritive Value. The feeding value of soy-bean hay lies in its high 

 content of digestible protein. In feeding value, it is superior to cowpeas, 

 or red clover, and is equal to alfalfa for milk and butter production. The 

 percentage of air dry digestible nutrients is as follows: Total 53.6 per 

 cent.; protein 11.7 per cent; 39.2 per cent, of carbohydrates and 1.2 per 

 cent, of fat. The yield of soy-bean hay is from one to three tons to the 



PIG. 88. Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) with subterranean pods. (After Abel, Mary H.: 

 Beans, Peas and other Legumes as Food. Farmers' Bulletin 121, 1900, p. 16.) 



acre. Soy-beans can be used for ensilage, for pasture and for soiling 

 purposes. 



Human Food. The soy-bean is one of the most important human 

 foods in China and Japan where it is used by the coolie class in place of 

 meat to overcome a too exclusive diet of rice. The dried beans are used 

 in the manufacture of soy sauce, vegetable milk from which can be ob- 

 tained cheese, confections and casein. The oil extracted from the seeds 

 may be used in the production of glycerin, enamels, varnish, paints, 



