THE SOY BEAN FOR OIL AND OTHER PRODUCTS. 13 



utilized in the manufacture of the milk, but quite recently it has 

 been discovered that soy-bean meal, after the oil is extracted, is fully 

 as useful for milk purposes as the whole bean. 



If the milk from the soy bean is used in the manufacture of products 

 as a substitute for milk, the labels of such products should indicate 

 that the substitution has been made ; otherwise it would constitute 

 adulteration under the food and drugs act. 



In addition to its uses for flour and milk, the soy bean can be 

 prepared as human food in numerous ways. The green bean, when 

 from three-fourths to full grown, has been found to compare favorably 

 with the butter or Lima bean. The dried beans may be used in the 

 same way as the field or navy bean in baking or in soups. When 

 prepared in either of these ways the dried beans require a somewhat 

 longer soaking and cooking. The soy bean has been utilized not only 

 in the United States but in European countries as a substitute for the 

 coffee bean. When roasted and prepared, it makes an excellent sub- 

 stitute for coffee. In Asia the dried beans, especially the green-seeded 

 varieties, are soaked in salt water and then roasted, this product 

 being eaten after the manner of roasted peanuts. 



SOY-BEAN MEAL AS STOCK FEED. 



Soy-bean meal, in addition to its use as a fertilizer, is also used as 

 stock feed. In Manchuria the cake or meal, mixed with bran and 

 kaoliang stalks, is used as feed for horses and mules, but only when 

 very hard work is done. It is also recognized in Japan as a valuable 

 feed for work animals and as a fattening feed for stock not employed 

 in farm work. 



In Europe soy-bean cake ground into meal is used almost entirely 

 for feeding cattle, and the low price in comparison with other con- 

 centrated feeds has made it very popular. Some hesitation was 

 shown in the dairy countries of Europe when the meal was first 

 introduced, as it was feared that the taste of the butter might be 

 affected by feeding the meal to cows. However, experiments in these 

 countries proved the fear groundless, and the demand for the meal 

 increased steadily. Tlie use of soy-bean meal in America is confined 

 at the present time almost entirely to the Pacific States. It is con- 

 sidered a valuable feed not only by dairymen })ut also by poultrymen. 



Practical experience, supplemented by carefully conducted experi- 

 ments in tlie United States and European countries, indicates tlie 

 high fe(!(ling v-alue of soy-bean meal for aU kinds of farm stock. 

 The Mfissachusetts (Hatch) Agricultural Experiment Station con- 

 ducted a series of t(!st3 comparing soy-bean meal with cottonseed 

 meal for feeding dairy cows. It was found that although soy-bean 

 meal imparts a noticeable softness to }mttor, the cottonseed butter 

 WHS d(!cidedly hdonov in color, flavor, and texture. Doubtless a 



