THE SOY BEAN.

The _British Medical Journal_ says that Prof. E. Kinch, writing in the

_Agricultural Students' Gazette_, says that the Soy bean approaches more

nearly to animal food than any other known vegetable production, being

singularly rich in fat and in albuminoids. It is largely used as

an article of food in China and Japan. Efforts have been made to

acclimatize it in various parts of the continent of Europe, and fair

success has been achieved in Italy and France; many foods are made from

it and its straw is a useful fodder.

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