MESQUITE. CAEOB, AND HONEY LOCUST BEANS. 15 
Table 10. — Average composition ofmesquite beans. 
Samoles from- 
Moisture. 
Ash. 
Air-drv basis. 
Ether 
Crude 
extract 
protein 
Crude 
(crude 
N X 
fiber. 
fat). 
-' 
Nitro- 
gen-free 
extract. 
Hawaii (5 samples) 
Arizona (4 samples') 
California (2 samples) 
New Mexico i sample ! 

Southwestern United States] w'Jt" 
(14sim ^ lAve'rage: 
New Mexico (Tornillo beans) 
Percent. Percent. Percent. Percent. Percent. Percent. 
12.3 
3.3 
9.0 
23.4 
51.4. 
6.3 
11.4 
6.9 
4.8 
13.5 
7.2 
4.5 
2.5 
112.7 
24. 5 
49.5 
4.0 
1.0 
.- 
51.3 
3.4 
2.5 
12.2 
32.0 
4.4 
12.4 
25.7 
47.9 
4.3 
2.4 
12.1 
25.4 
4v 
3.0 
1.0 
19.3 
61.8 
Samples from- 
Moisture-free basis. 
Ash. 
Ether 
extract 
(crude 
fat). 
Crude 
protein 
Crude 
fiber. 
Nitro- 
gen-free 
extract. 
Hawaii (5 samples) 
Arizona (4 samples) * 


7 samples, 3 
o . (Min.... 
Southwestern Uni ted 1 samples).-! M 
[Average 
exico (Tornillo beans) 
Per cent. 
3.7 
Per cent. 
0.7 
Per cent. 
10.2 
Per cent. 
26.8 
Per cent. 
58.6 
2.7 
113.5 
26.2 1 
52.8 
4.5 
1.2 
10.9 
57.8 
3.6 
- 
47.4 
4.8 
2.9 
13.3 
- 
51.4 
3.6 
1.0 
10.5 
20.2 
39.5 
5.5 
5.4 
15.1 
34.6 
63.9 
4.6 
2.5 
13.0 
27.4 
52.5 
3.2 
1.1 
10.3 
20.3 
65.1 
1 Albuminoid nitrogen - i 86.S per cent of the total nitrogen (average of 3 determinations (7) ). 
* Ihe fuel value of this sample is reoorted to be 1765 calories per pound (3 
* One of these samples represented pods picked green and dried, and another represented windfalls (9). 
HONEY LOCUST. 
A sample of the sound ripe fruit from a honey locust tree in the 
United states Department of Agriculture grounds in Washington, 
D. C, was separated into pericarp and seeds, and the two portions 
were analyzed. Their composition and that of the whole fruit is 
given in Table 11. 
