THE MAGIC DEAN

Hokitika Guardian, 23 November 1923, Page 4

THE MAGIC DEAN

i.oxnnx, Sept. tio. The wonderful soya bean, the commercial U'cs of which range from the making of billiard hails and explosive* to that of flour and salad dressing, i growing u peri'oelh'.'i at Chiswick. W.. and it rich harvest is cxpecti-d within the next fortnight. A- a result of ten years’ experiments M r .). L. North, curator of the Royal Botanic Society, is now sailslicd that he possesses a variety of the plant which is adaptable to the British climate, and will produce profitable results to the grower as well as to the nation. "My experimental crop this year ithe best I have raised,-" lie said. ■■. Manchuria i- I.l’e natural home of the soya bean, and the diiliculty has been to secure a vari-iy which will ilotirish under 1 1*, very varying i omliiiciis of the fcngli-li climate. The pods of my plants are almost ripe and 1 hope to lave seeds equal lo those that conic from the Kiel. ■•■ lie hoard of Agriculture after four years gave up their experiments of living to produce a vnrietv of the plant which would suit the climatic conditions ol this country, lint I hope now that it has been shown llle bean Call he successfully cultivated here that Ihe Government will again take up the matter, which is one oi vital importance. "America is growing more than 1 win,non acres of the soya heat). Hull is imparling monthly about 10.000 tons of the bean, and about Id,ooo tons roach Manchester every month from ihe IDtvl ■ >