THE SOYA BEAN.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume VI, Issue 2, 15 February 1913, Page 149

THE SOYA BEAN.

A medical point of view is given in the Lancet of the 21st January, 1911 : “ On account of the great nutritive value of the Soya bean it is well worth medical attention, more particularly for diabetic cases, because of its low proportion of starch. For making biscuits, soup-powder, infant and other foods, it will be widely used in future when its dietetic value becomes better known.” In the United States it has been found that the yield of crops of all kinds is increased where they follow Soya beans, wheat in large fields showing an increase of 5 bushels per acre over that grown on land alongside that had not been under beans. Wheat generally follows a nitrogenous crop in the usual rotation schemes on the Continent. As a fodder . crop, as a soil-renewer, and as a green manure, the Soya bean has been successfully grown in countries other than its native habitat, and under varying climatic conditions. There are over three hundred known varieties and hybrids of the Soya Journal of Agriculture, Victoria.

The successful farmer knows his soil, his seed, and his manure. He does nothing by guesswork.