SECTION II.—VARIOUS USES OF BEAN CAKE 
1) Bran Caxe As FERTILIZER 
The bulk of Bean Cake put out at the bean mills in 
Manchuria goes to Japan proper. A part thereof is exported 
bo South China and the remainder to Chosen and Formosa. 
It is for manure for paddy fields, mulberry fields, ete. 
The ingredients of Bean Cake contain the three 
important factors of fertilizer, that is, nitrogen, phosphoric 
acid, and potassium. Since the nitrogen contents amount 
to 6.8 per cent or so in the case of round cake (known 
commonly as Bean Cake), it will make an efficacious 
fertilizer to any kind of plants, excepting such as do not 
want much nitrogen. In particular, the nitrogen contents 
of Bean Cake being possessed of high absorbable and 
fertilizing properties. it deserves commendation as ditrogen 
manure. 
Bean Cake, while containing nitrogen to the amount 
of 6.8 per cent, has only a slight amount of about 1.2 per 
cent of phosphoric acid and 1.7 per cent of potassium, 
making it advisable to be used conjointly with phosphoric 
acid and potassium manures in many cases. 
In short, Bean Cake occupies the foremost place among 
fertilizers on the Japanese market, and not only is supplies 
nitrogen ag an efficacious nitrogen manure, but further it 
serves to furnish organic matters to the soil. 
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