The future of Bean Cake in Japan as a fertilizer might not look glowing, but, allowing for the eventual develop- ment of the industry of recovering fixed nitrogen from air, what gap may be created in demand for Bean Cake as manure is believed to be amply made up for with an increas- ing demand as fertilizer. The quality of Bean Cake, characterised with a high nutritive value, commends itself as material for manufae- ture of some wholesome, palatable food. Plainly, by improving the existing process of separating the oil from Beans, and by rationalizing the way to work upon the Bean residue, new higher utilities of Bean residue may be devised. Actually, in all Western countries, the ablest chemists have the subject under a concentrated study, and the triumphs of science in this direction are being published on Oceasion. The chemists have taken note of the protein in the Bean residue being the cheapest of its kind obtainable, and the manufacture of protein products on the base of the Bean res'due is being experimented upon energetically. In this new field, too. as science advances further, new uses for the Bean residue seem certain to be invented. Thus, the Bean residue will have its utility extended from fertilizer and cattle-feed to: food and industrial material, that promise stupendous possibilities. £109