Soybeans are a new vegetable to many A- 
merican households that know them only by 
hearsay. AS compared with our familiar table 
beans, SOybeans are higher in food value; 
dry soybeans have about 1% times as much 
protein and 12 times as much fat as other 
kinds of dry beans, but only about half as 
much carbohydrates. They are a good source 
of essential minerals, calcium, phosphorus 
and iron, and of vitamin Bl and B2. Their 
nutritive value is quite out of proportion to 
their small cost. 
Soybeans are recommended to those with 
whom tae common navy beans are not con- 
genial by prominent physicians, 
When the beans mature in the fall most of 
the leaves drop from the stalks. They should 
then Sbe cut and set up in little shocks or 
spread on the ground if not wet to dry out 
and cure so they can be thrashed. Watch 
them carefully or many of the beans may 
Shatter and be lost. I think it is best to flail 
them, out with a hay fork or something else 
before they become too dry. I made a can- 
vas about 10 feet square from old jburlap 
hags and raised three sides of this on stakes 
about 3 feet iaigh to catch the beans as I 
flailed them out. A wagon box or garage floor 
can be used if handy. A small quantity can 
be harvested by picking the pods and putting 
them in burlap {bags and pounding the bags. 
I have grown these beans with ordinary 
garden tools exclusively. They should become 
a cheap delicious article of food when grown 
in large quantity by tlhe use of modern ma- 
chinery. 
I now have enough of these beans that 1 
am, able to introduce them to my friends asa 
means of reducing the rising cost of living. 
The chief recompense I get for doing this is 
that I may heip others and get the healthful 
exercise for an 84 year old boy to continue 
enjoying life here until the time comes to pass 
over to more beautiful gardens. 
