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Show Soybeans Will Held Own if Given Ghsnso Industry Making Real Demands for Big Crcp Since America's pioneer soybean processing plant began operations in 1922, soybeans have become a byword by-word in agriculture and industry, ranking as the nation's fourth largest larg-est cash farm crop. Soybeans, when processed, enter largely into three fields, of uses-farm, uses-farm, home and industry. Farmers know soybeans as a crop which can be planted late, if neces- !:Ji&F.'. X4M Soybeans ready for the processor. sary, and which brings comparatively comparative-ly high return per acre. They know soybeans, also, as a superlative source of protein concentrates for use in livestock and poultry rations. Products made from soybeans go into hundreds of food items. Soybean Soy-bean oil is used in production ol about 50 per cent of all shortenings. More than 40 per cent of all margarines mar-garines are made from soybean oil. The soybean oil produced from nearly 1,500,000 acres is used in making margarines. One of the subsidiary uses for soybeans soy-beans is the field of medicine, where soybean oil is used as a carrier in capsule-packaging of vitamins. The health-giving value of soybeans soy-beans long has been recognized by the farmers of health foods. These things are secondary to the farmer. Yield and profit per acre and use of soybean oilmeal as a feed have been the farmer's first consideration. If the production of soybean is to continue con-tinue to increase, all uses of soybeans soy-beans must be developed and expanded. |