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The Philippine Journal of Science 



1916 



the beans shipped into the Philippines — ^the combined shipments 

 of China and Japan — are soy beans. 



The consumption of beans by the inhabitants of the Archi- 

 pelago is a good sign, indicating as it does the consumption of 

 a more nearly balanced diet than can be obtained by the use 

 of the common local cereals and vegetables, since the soy bean 

 is a cheap source of protein matter and fat. It is superior to 

 any other cultivated bean in this respect, as is proved by the 

 data given in Tables III and IV. 



Table III. — Analyses of soy beans.'- 



Variety. 



Country. 



Protein. 



Fat. 



Nitrogen 

 free ex- 

 tract. 



Protein 

 and fat. 



Soy black 



Germany and 



France. 

 China, Germany, 



and Austria. 

 do 



Per cent. 

 32.18 



33.41 



32.90 

 33.97 

 35.00 

 37.80 

 36.00 

 34.63 

 27.56 

 26.25 



Per cent. 

 14.03 



17.68 



18.03 

 17.11 

 13.60 

 20.90 

 18.00 

 17.98 

 19.09 

 16.38 



Per cent. 

 31.97 



29.31 



30.17 

 28.41 

 29.92 

 24.00 

 25.00 

 30.50 

 28.24 

 26.57 



Per cent. 

 46.21 



51.09 



50.93 

 51.08 

 48.60 

 58.70 

 54.00 

 52.61 

 46.64 

 42.63 



Soy yellow- 







do . 







Do 





Do — 



India 







do 





do 







•Langworthy, Farmer^ BuU., V. S. Dept. Agr. (1899), 58, 20. 



Table IV. — Analyses of kidney, frijole, and Lima beans, and of lentils, peas, 



and cowpeas.' 



Variety. 



Protein. 



Fat. 



Carbohy- 

 drates. 



Protein 

 and fat.' 





Per cent. 

 22.50 

 22.00 

 18.00 

 26.00 

 24.63 

 21.40 



Per cent. 

 2.00 

 1.20 

 1.60 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.40 



Per cent. 

 59.50 

 65.20 

 66.00 

 59.00 

 61.86 

 60.80 



Per cent. 

 24.50 , 

 23.20 ■ 

 19.60 

 27.00 

 25.63 

 22.80 ' 









Peas .. 







• Abel, Farmers' Bull., V. S. Dept. Agr. (1900), 121, 30. 



The maximum protein content, 37.80 per cent, for the soy 

 bean is shown by a variety grown in Japan, while the maximum 

 fat content, 20.90 per cent, is shown by the same variety; the 

 minimum protein content, 26.25 per cent, is shown by a black 

 variety grown in America, while the minimum fat content, 13.60 



