Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-03-22
SOY BEAN
USEFUL CROP
May Be Utilized in Greater
Number of Ways Than AL
most Amy Other Agri-
cultural Product.


Asia and which promises to take an
important place in the agricultural in
dustry of the United States, may be
utilized in a greater number and a
greater variety of ways than almost
any other agricultural product. The
whole beans may be utilized for food
as are the seeds of other legumes, or
the oil alone may be consumed. The
oil resembles that of cotton seed in
many ways, but is of more pronounced
drying character.
In addition to it's availability as food
soy bean oil has important uses in the
markets of the world for making
paints, vsrDishes. soaps, rubber substi
tutes, linoleum. waterproof goods, and
lubricants. 1t is also used in the Or
lent for lighting and in the manufac-
ture Of printing ink. In Japan the
soy bean forms one of the most i'm
portant articles of food in use. 1t is
one of the principal ingredients in the
manufacture Of shoyu (soy aauce),
misc (bean cheese), tofu (bean curd),
and natto Steamed beans). The beans
are eaten also as vegetable and in
soups; sometimes they are picked
green, boiled, and served cold with
soy sauce, and sometimes as salad.
A vegetable milk" is also produced
from the soy bean, forming the basis
for the manufacture of the different
kinds Of vegetable cheese. This milk
is used fresh, and form of condensed
milk is manufactured from it, All of
these foodstuffs are used daily in Jap
anese homes, and for the poorer classes
are the principal source of protein.
The use Of the meal remaining after
the oil is extracted from soy beans has
become an important factor in several
European countries during the last
few years. and to some extent in Am
erica, as food of low starch content
Soy beans contain at the most but a
slight trace Of starch, and extensive
experiments in America and Europe
indicate tbs value of the bean and its
products as the basis of food for per-
sons requiring q low starch diet Soy
bean flour enters largely as a constitu-
ent In many Of the so called diabetic
breads, biscuits and crackers manu-
featured as food specialties. The flour
or meal can be used successfully in
the household as a constituent of muf-
fins. bread, and biscuits in much the
way In which corn meal is used.
SOY BEAN MILK.
An artificial milk like that manu-
featured in the Orient has been pro-
duced in small quantities in the Uni
ted States. and recently factory has
been equipped to make this product.
Such milk can be used for cooking In
the household and by bakers, confec.
TONERS, and chocolate manufacturers.
If, however, the milk from the soy
bean ia used in the manufacture of
products as a substitute for milk, the
labels Of such products should indi-
cate that the substitution has been
made; otherwise it would constitute
adulteration under the Food and
Drugs Act.
In addition to It's nses for flour and
milk, the soy bean can be prepared as
human food in numerous ways The
green bean, when from three fourths
to full grown. has been found to COM
pare favorable with the butter or Lii
ma bean. The soy bean has been util-
lied not only in the United States but
in European countries as a substitute
for the coffee bean. When roasted and
prepared, it makes an excellent sub
stitute for coffee. In Asia the dried
beans, especially the green seeded va
rieties, are soaked for a short while
in salt water and then roasted, this
product being eaten after the manner
of roasted peanuts.
STOCK FEED.
The value of soy bean meal for gro
ducing meat, milk and butter is we'll
established. 1t is one of the cheapest
of the highly heterogeneous feeding
stuffs and is therefore one of the most
economical for balancing ratious de-
ficient in nitrogen. It's use in Ameri.
ca is confined at the present time al
most entirely to the Pacific States,
where it Is considered a valuable feed
not only by dsirymen but also by
Owing to its high con-
tent Of protein, the meal should be u.s.
ed with the same precautions as are
observed with other highly concentra-
ted feeds to avoid digestive troubles.
AS regards digestibility, soy bean
neal compares very favorably with
lthei oil meals.
The utilization OF soy bean meal for
fertiliziug purposes has been confined
almost entirely to Asiatic countries.
Following the recent production in
the Southern States of bean cake and
ii from American grown beans, how
yer, fertilizer manufacturers have ,
AIKEN an active interest in the fertiI-
zing possibilities of the meal. Anal q
'ses by the United States Department !
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