Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-01 | Page 4 | The Jack Bean

THE JACK BEAN. When some nature faker offers to , relieve the financial stringency by sell- j lng you the seed for the American coffee, Pearson, Waiaka or the Giant Pod bean, fasten the button on your j wallet pocket and scurry away. At frequent intervals promoters 1 have resorted to extravagant advertis- I lng to dispose of this seed, guaranteed lo produce a $400 crop for each acre ; planted. All of these names have been ap- plied to the Jack bean, merely to de-i de-i lude the buyer. There is little value to the bean. It produces a (airly large green her bage. which is extremely bitter and or little value as food for stock or hu- I Thf beans are not relished by ani male. Cattle make no gains when forded to cat the bean. Investigations of the United States department of jij,riculture have proven the Jack bean to be of little or no value as human H or food