'Sora Bean Tis value in Dietetics Cultivar tion and' Uses. With. 300 FS, Kale, Bu (Bom). A. bat It Is one of the "feats of nature that the soya bean is able to extract from alr and sell an extraordinary Jquantity of protein, fat and mineral Salts within the short period of from eighty to ninety days." And this is but the beginning of the remarkable story of the soya been as told by Doctor Kale in the book under review. }To follow the spread of this legume {from its original home in China to fall paris of the world, to see, its development from a simple articto fof food to a subject of intense asearch for Industrial products is fo get a glimpse of the romance behind modern agriculture and inustriatism.
Dr. Kale goes into some detail regarding the research now being Jearried on in his own Indian state, fand mentions the fact that in both Russia and aly the soya bean is the object of research of state insti. just ions. It is interesting to note that here in Shanghai the Lester Insti-file, under the direction of Dr.
Bernard Read, working on nutrition problems, has prepared a dry soya bean egg powder which is consider-fed superior in some ways to mille [powder and can be prepared at a Buch smaller cost. The Shanghat [Sanitarium hes also been making studies of the nutrition value of the soya bean.
The bibliography which shows the range of available material on the [subject would be more valuable If It included the date and place of [publication of the books and articles
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