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experiments, illustrate similiar facts in the case of linseeds 
and field beans, the crude fibre of which is represented to 
have been digested to 120.5 resp. 92 percent, although when 
feeding these materials to ruminants the hulls, which contain 
the majority of the fibre, are ejected in the fæces apparently 
without having undergone any considerable alteration in 
the intestines. 
The specimen of soy beans examined by us contains 
the following proportions of digestible nutrients, percent 
of the dry matter :— 
Crude protein. 
. 34.30 
Fat. 
. 18.25 
Fibre . 
9.09) 
Nitrogenfree extract 
... 19.65] 28-74 
Of all raw vegetable products, earth nuts perhaps ex¬ 
cepted, the soy beans are the richest in the most valuable 
nutrients : protein and fat, and contain them in a highly 
digestible form. 
