Show mung bean Is quite useful Is an excellent poultry feed and can be used as a pasture crop rr prepared pared by the united states Depart department meni of agriculture the leung bean ben once known as tile thy chickasaw pon Is not to bo be recommended us as a general farm crop in the united states says saya V 1 morse for ago crop specialist ot of tile united states department of agriculture but it apparently does have it place in fit certain systems of our agriculture at tiny any rate it 13 worthy of moro more attention teli tion lhnn it has received in the 1 past excellent poultry feed the bean Is an ail excellent poultry food says bays mr morse and la Is used either its as a pasture crop when mature or sprouted in the alio same saino way its as oats for green feed lit in a few sections it ft has been used as it forage crop A most important factor in the culture of the crop Is its freedom from attack by the mexican bean beetle which has dono dollo so damage to other crops especially esi delally in tile southern states lit in china tile mung bean la Is used extensively ten na as human food supplying tin poopoo with bean sprouts bean merlill vermicelli and bean gelatin As it a food crop lit in america the mung bean will not compete coin poto with common field lieas and beans but it may ind find considerable use r for or sprouting considerable quantities of mung boans beans tire aro imported into I 1 the united states and have been used I 1 almost entirely fly by chinese Clil neso restaurants tile sprouts aro are familiar to patrons of these places who havo have enten eaten chinese chow within tile past two years several factories in tills country have undertaken tile canning of mung hcan bean sprouts using imported beans beana the canned sprouts which are an excellent article of food havo found a good market many varieties many varieties of mung beans have been introduced and tested during the past 20 10 years by tho department and at several experiment stations tile the varlet lei showed a wido range of adaptation but because of t the he strong competition by cowpeas rind soy beans which are very similar crops in their U uses S OS tile mung bean has never be como established with an increase in the use of canned sprouts however the production of mung bean seed in certain sections cun can undoubtedly edly be mado made it a industry |