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in 1939, p. 339. The same characters are now written in a
different order: Yonai Natto Seizô-sho. In English: “Natto
(Yonai)...” Thus the same characters previously pronounced
“Yoneuchi” are now pronounced “Yonai.” Also in 1940,
p. 326-27. Listed in the category “Foodstuff Factory.” In
characters: Yonai Natto Seizô-sho. In English: Yonai Natto
Mfg. Co., 3480 E. 4th St., Los Angeles, California. Phone:
ANgelus 14457. Also in 1941, p. 328.
242. Go, Yukichi; Nakamura, Seiji. 1937. Saikin no
nenshitsu-butsu seisei ni kansuru kenkyû. I. Kakushu
nattô seisei-kin no bunrui [Studies on the creation of
mucilaginous matter by microorganisms. I. Classifi cation
of natto microorganisms]. Nihon Nogei Kagakkai Shi (J. of
the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan) 13(4):295-304.
April. [7 ref. Jap]
Address: Osaka Teikoku Daigaku, Rigaku-bu, Japan.
243. Kale, F.S. 1937. Soya bean: Its value in dietetics,
cultivation and uses. With 300 recipes. 2nd ed. Baroda State,
India: Baroda State Press. xxx + 375 p. Illust. (35 leaves of
plates, described in a separate record). Index. 22 cm. 2nd ed.
1937. [66 ref]
• Summary: Contents: 1. Defi ciencies in the Indian diet and
soya bean as a means to rectify them. 2. History of the origin
and growth of soya bean: Derivation of the word soya bean,
origin of soya bean, literature, primitive man and soya bean,
name of the plant, home of soya bean and its expansion,
varieties of soya bean, the culture of soya bean is very
remote (It “has been the chief article of diet in China for over
7,000 years.”), reference of soya bean in old Chinese records,
how and when soya bean became known to Europeans, soya
bean in England (from 1890; J.L. North and Henry Ford),
soya bean in France (from 1739), soya bean in Italy, soya
bean in other countries of Europe, soya bean in United States
of America, India and soya bean.
3. The use of soya bean: Importance of soya bean,
dietetic importance, industrial importance, agricultural
importance (Russia, Mussolini in Italy), medical importance,
soya bean is alkalising in its effect (“Soya bean milk as well
as its fl our is used in foods for invalids and infants, like
Nestle’s food”), longevity and soya bean.
4. World trade in soya bean: Imports to Europe,
production of soya bean in Manchuria (58% in North
Manchuria), exports from Manchuria, oil and cake industry
in Manchuria, soya bean production in Japan, in America,
in Africa, in Australia, in Europe, in Java, in India, in
other British possessions, estimate of world production
of the soya bean, the desirability of the expansion of soya
bean cultivation, imports and exports of soybeans, soya
bean oil, and soya cake–1913-1927: Denmark, Holland,
United States, Great Britain, Japan, France, Russia, China,
Germany, Norway, Korea. Source: International Institute of
Agriculture, Bureau of Statistics, 1921, p. 420-21. A table
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(p. 38) shows statistics for world production of soybeans “as
estimated by the leading fi rm of London soya bean dealers”
for various years from 1923 to 1929. This includes individual
statistics each year for China [incl. Manchuria], Japan, and
USA. The world totals in tons are: 3,095,000 (for 1923-25).
3,397,000 (for 1926). 4,325,000 (for 1927). 6,000,000 (for
1928), and 6,570,000 (for 1929; incl. China 5,250,000; Japan
550,000; USA 250,000; Java & Dutch East Indies 120,000;
Other Asiatic countries & Africa 400,000).
5. Botany of the soya bean plant. 6. Classifi cation of
soya bean. 7. Cultivation of soya bean. 8. Diseases and pests
of soya bean. 9. Cultivation of soya bean in India. 10. The
constituents of soya bean. 11. Soya bean milk. 12. Soya bean
fl our. 13. Industrial uses of soya bean. 14. Enriching soil by
addition of nitrogen and use of soya bean as fodder. 15. Food
requirement of the human body. 16. European and American
soya bean recipes. 17. Diabetic dishes, Mahatma Gandhi’s
experiments at Magan Wadi and opinion of scientists on
soya bean. 18. Chinese and Japanese soya bean dishes:
Toffu [tofu] or soya bean curd: Digestibility, utilization,
toffu khan, toffu nao, tze toffu (fried bean curd), chien chang
toffu (thousand folds), hsiang khan, kori toffu (frozen toffu),
preservation of toffu. Natto. Tokio natto and Kyoto natto
etc. Hamanan natto [Hamanatto]. Yuba. Misso [miso]. Soya
sauce. Soya bean confectionery. Roasted beans (Chinese).
19. Indian soya bean dishes: Hindustani dishes, Moglai
dishes, Gujarati dishes, Maharashtrian dishes, Bengali
dishes, Goa dishes, Tanjore dishes. Appendixes. 1. Acreage
of soya bean in Manchuria during the last 5 years. 2. Total
fi gures of export during last 5 years. 3. Bibliography. 4.
Some opinions about the fi rst edition of this book.
The preface begins (p. iii): “This little book is written
in response to innumerable inquiries I have had from time
to time after the inauguration of the plantation ceremony of
Soya Beans at the State Agricultural Experimental Station by
H.H. the Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda in November 1933.
“A few months after this a food exhibition was held in
Baroda where many Soya Bean dishes–Indian, European and
Chinese–were exhibited. The leading papers and journals all
over the country spoke in very glowing terms about the Soya
Bean dishes that were exhibited... Later on at the request of
Messrs. Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Ltd., a leading Japanese Firm
in Bombay, a Soya Bean Exhibition and Restaurant were
run in the Japanese village at the H.O.H. fete. So keen was
the interest and enthusiasm evinced by the cosmopolitan
public of Bombay that seats in the restaurant had to be
reserved in advance. The presence of H.E. the Governor and
Lady Brabourne and many Indian princes was an additional
evidence of the ever growing popularity of the tasty Soya
Bean dishes served there.
“At the closing of the H.O.H. fete many prominent
people of Bombay requested me to continue the restaurant
at a convenient place in the city, and asked me to open soyabean
milk centres for the children of the poor who could not