Show laboratory to study soy bean seek new varieties for many industrial uses A operative cooperative co industrial research lab laboratory orator v has been set up at the university of illinois to study the soy bean crop dr E 0 may has been named the director breeding work Is under the direction of W J morse of the bureau of plant industry three immediate objectives of the new laboratory are improvement of present industrial uses for soy beans more facts on the effects of different processes on the quality and quantity of soy bean products and facilities for testing different varieties as to adaptability for industrial use on experimental plots nearby plant breeders bleeders bre eders hope to grow new varieties even better suited to industrial demands soy bean acreage rose from acres in 1924 to nearly last year production of the beans themselves increased from bushels to bushels reasons for this increase in addition to the demand for beans for food feed and industrial uses are immunity of boys to chinch bugs and other pests good prices compared with other grain crops drouth resistance and high seed yield soy beans are u used sed in making industrial and food products such as paint enamel varnish glue printing ink rubber substitutes linoleum insecticides plastics glycerin flour soy sauce breakfast food candies roasted beans with a nutlike nut like ilke flavor live stock feeds and so on lecithin Is a valuable product of soy bean oil used in the manufacture of candies chocolate margarine medicines in textile dyeing dhein and as an emulsifier A question the new laboratory will study is why the same soy varieties growing under varying soil and climatic conditions show a range of I 1 12 to 96 per cent in oil and 23 to 54 per cent in protein for paints varieties having an oil high in iodine number are desirable for food purposes an oil low in Ilo iodine diDe number is better this laboratory is being established under the provisions of the Dank bankhead head jones act of june 29 1935 1933 which provides for establishing by the department of agriculture of a limited number of specialized laboratories in the major agricultural regions |