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Beans and bean-cake exported from China have gone chiefly to 

 Japan and certain parts of Asia, but recently, beginning about 

 November, 1908, an important trade has been developed in them, 

 more especially with the beans, between Manchuria and Europe, 

 Dalny or Dairen being the chief place of export. 



The cause cf this sudden development may perhaps be attributed 

 to the facts that a great increase in the cultivation took place in 

 Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese war to meet the demands for 

 food, both for horses and men of the Russian army ; then when the 

 troops were withdrawn, the production being found profitable and 

 the home demand reduced, other markets were sought. The trade 

 extended to Japan, and afterwards assisted perhaps by a period of 

 depression in that country, it extended to Europe, where the industry 

 has created interest in many quarters. 



The amount sent to Europe through Vladivostok up to July, 1909, 

 of the 1908 crop was 180,000 tons, the greater part for the English 

 market (Hull and Liverpool), and the remainder to German 

 (Hamburg) and Scandinavian ports. 



Up to 1907 the export of u Soya Beans " from Manchuria did not 

 exceed 120,000 tons annually. During 1908 the export rose to 330,000 

 tons (one-half shipped from Darien 100,000 tons from Newchwang, 

 and 65,000 tons by rail via Suifonho to Vladivostok) the increase it 

 is said being due entirely to the demand from Europe. The total ot 

 the 1909 crop exported has been estimated at about 700,000 to 800,000 

 tons. It is anticipated that at present prices Europe may eventually 

 take at least 1,000,000 tons annually. 



It is reported that trial shipments of " bean-cake " have proved that 

 it will not stand a long sea voyage (Cons. Rep. Ann. No. 4529, 1910, 

 p. 27). 



Experiments conducted at Oloke Meji go to show that the plant 

 can be cultivated with success, and good results have also been 

 obtained on the Gold Coast. The results of experiments on the 

 Gambia have been disappointing (Col. Rep. Ann. No. 641, 1910, 

 p. 12). 



Under cultivation the seeds may be sown broadcast if for fodder, 

 otherwise in drills 1^ to 2 feet or so apart. 



The chief requirements are a warm climate, moderate rainfall, good 

 rich soil with a fair amount of lime, and thorough tillage. 



The plants before harvesting should not be over ripe, or a loss of 

 beans may result through the opening of the pods. 



An average yield is about 50 bushels of beans and about 10 tons 

 and upwards of fodder per acre. 



Iltf.— ''The Soy Bean, Glycine Soja" in Food Grains of India, 



Church, pp. 140-144. " Glycine hiapida" in Diet. Econ. Prod. India, 



Watt, iii. 1890, pp. 510-511. "The Cultivation of the Soy Bean 



(Sofa hispida)," Turner, in Agric. Gaz. N. S. Wales, ii. Nov. 1891, pp. 



648-650. " Glycine hispida" Prain, in Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 



lxvi. 1897, pp. 403-401 "Glycine hispida," in Field and 



Garden Crops, Duthie and Fuller, iii. p. 3 (Thomason, Civil Eng. 



College Press, Roorkee, 1893). " On the Manufacture of Soy and 



Bean Curd, in Dip. and Cons. Report, Ann. No. 1212, 1893, p. 10. 



" Glycine hispida" Irish, in 12th Rep. Missouri Bot. Gdn. 1901, 



pp. 147-148. "Soy and Bean Cheese," in Agric. Bull. Straits and 



Fed. Malay States, iii. 1904, pp. 494-496. The Soy Bean as a Forage 



