30 BULLETIN 119, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table III. — Chemical analyses of the seeds of various species of Phaseolus. 



Plant. 



Adsuk i bean (No. 



17S47). 

 Adsuki bean 



Mung bean. . . 



Urd bean 



Moth bean. . . 



Rice bean 



Kidney bean. 



Analysis made by- 



Bureau of Chemistry 



Massachusetts Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. 1 



Church 2 



..do* 



...do" 



..do3 



Massachusetts Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. 1 



Water. 



10.06 



14.82 



11.4 

 10.1 

 11.2 

 10.5 

 13.0 



Ash. 



3.40 



3.74 



3.8 

 4.4 

 3.6 

 3.9 

 3.56 



Crude 

 protein. 



19.22 



20.23 



23.8 

 22.7 

 23.8 

 21.7 

 19.75 



Crude 

 fat. 



0.40 



.75 



2.0 

 2.2 



.6 



.6 

 1.22 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Nitro- 

 gen-free 

 extract. 



2 

 2 



62.27 



62.37 



56.63 



54.8 

 55.8 

 56.6 

 58.1 



i Brooks, 1892. 



2 Church, 1S86, p. 151-152. 



a Church, 1901, p. 15. 



