Show KISE ol OF THE SOYBEAN although the first soybeans came I 1 to america ai seme years ago it is only since the of the present century that serious attention has been given to the cultivation I 1 of the plant in this country so important has it become in recent years that there w weye were eye many days last fall I 1 ahrn cash transactions in soybeans sf ean on the chicago market exceeded those I 1 in in cornin a 4 issued a few days ago L I 1 C bradley preside cn nt or cr the national soybean processors association cia tion declared that there is now a po possible sible industrial requirement estimated I 1 at from live five to ten million bushels for use in the manufacture of plastics and other commodities this requirement he said is wholly aside from the vast soybean oil meal consumption incident arit to the feeding 4 of livestock and although the 1035 crup crop of 40 million bushels vias vas twice as large as that of 1934 the sharp at acance ance in prices during recent weeks proven prove 1 that the nation can consume the lar larger I 1 crops expected in succeeding I 1 years mr bradley pointed out that i while food products an and d indu industrial S trial uses were absorbing a tre nondous nun dous of soybean oil a gr growing oving demand for the meal is likewise li kewis aiding ine thaia industry as it has pro proved I 1 to be an important part of the ration I 1 for hogs dairy cattle and poultry the best commercial feeds now contain soybean as a 1 protein liro tein ingredient and its use is rapidly increasing there is a bright future tor for soybeans as a crop with illinois light ing the way mr badley said |