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the United States is the one collected by the Dorsetts in Man- 

 churia with the help of B. W. Skvortzow. a Russian botanist 

 teaching agriculture in the High School in Harbin, Manchuria. 

 Upon learning the mission of the Americans, he planted loo 

 varieties of soybeans in the local botanical garden. When the 

 Dorsetts visited the place in the fall after harvest they were told 

 to take what they wanted, plant and all. 



It is estimated that 70 per cent of the soybeans grown in China 

 are produced in Manchuria and that upward of 9,000,000 acres 

 in that region is devoted to this crop. Something like 4,000,000 

 acres of soybeans were grown in the United States last year as a 

 result of previous introductions. 



