History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in the Caribbean / West Indies (1767-2008): Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook
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HISTORY OF SOY IN CARIBBEAN 1 HISTORY OF SOYBEANS AND SOYFOODS IN THE CARIBBEAN / WEST INDIES (1767-2008): EXTENSIVELY ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCEBOOK Copyright © 2009 by Soyinfo Center HISTORY OF SOY IN CARIBBEAN 2 Copyright © 2009 by Soyinfo Center HISTORY OF SOY IN CARIBBEAN 3 HISTORY OF SOYBEANS AND SOYFOODS IN THE CARIBBEAN / WEST INDIES (1767-2008): EXTENSIVELY ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCEBOOK Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe and Martinique Haiti, Island of Curacao, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Greenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, U.S. Virgin Islands Compiled by William Shurtleff & Akiko Aoyagi 2009 Copyright © 2009 by Soyinfo Center HISTORY OF SOY IN CARIBBEAN 4 Copyright (c) 2009 by William Shurtleff & Akiko Aoyagi All rights reserved. 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Box 234 Lafayette, CA 94549-0234 USA Phone: 925-283-2991 Fax: 925-283-9091 www.soyinfocenter.com [email protected] ISBN 978-1-928914-20-4 (History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in the Caribbean / West Indies (1767-2008)) Printed 14 Dec. 2008 Price: $69.95 Search engine keywords: History of Soybeans in Antigua and Barbuda, History of Soy in Antigua and Barbuda, History of Soybeans in Bahamas History of Soy in Bahamas History of Soybeans in Barbados History of Soy in Barbados History of Soybeans in Bermuda History of Soy in Bermuda History of Soybeans in Cuba History of Soy in Cuba History of Soybeans in Dominica History of Soy in Dominica History of Soybeans in Dominican Republic History of Soy in Dominican Republic History of Soybeans in Grenada History of Soy in Grenada History of Soybeans in Guadeloupe and Martinique History of Soy in Guadeloupe and Martinique History of Soybeans in Haiti History of Soy in Haiti History of Soybeans in Curacao History of Soy in Curacao History of Soybeans in Island of Curacao History of Soy in Island of Curacao History of Soybeans in Jamaica History of Soy in Jamaica History of Soybeans in Lesser Antilles History of Soy in Lesser Antilles History of Soybeans in Montserrat History of Soy in Montserrat History of Soybeans in Puerto Rico History of Soy in Puerto Rico History of Soybeans in Porto Rico History of Soy in Porto Rico History of Soybeans in St. Kitts and Nevis History of Soy in St. Kitts and Nevis History of Soybeans in St. Lucia, History of Soy in St. Lucia, History of Soybeans in St. Vincent and the Greenadines History of Soy in St. Vincent and the Greenadines History of Soybeans in Trinidad and Tobago History of Soy in Trinidad and Tobago History of Soybeans in U.S. Virgin Islands History of Soy in U.S. Virgin Islands History of Soybeans in United States Virgin Islands History of Soy in United States Virgin Islands History of Soybeans in the Caribbean History of Soy in the Caribbean History of Soybeans in the West Indies History of Soy in the West Indies Copyright © 2009 by Soyinfo Center HISTORY OF SOY IN CARIBBEAN 5 Contents Page Dedication and Acknowledgments .............................................................................................................................. 6 Introduction and Brief Chronology, by William Shurtleff ....................................................................................... 7 Abbreviations Used in This Book ................................................................................................................................ 9 How to Make the Best Use of This Book .................................................................................................................. 10 History of Soy in the Caribbean / West Indies: References in Chronological Order ......................................... 13 Subject/Geographical Index by Record Numbers ................................................................................................. 204 Last page of Index .................................................................................................................................................... 246 Copyright © 2009 by Soyinfo Center HISTORY OF SOY IN CARIBBEAN 6 DEDICATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This book is dedicated to members of The Farm and Plenty Harvard University’s Five Botanical Libraries (especially (Summertown, Tennessee) who pioneered soyfoods in the Arnold Arboretum Library): Jill Gelmers Thomas. Caribbean, and to Mrs. Magdalena Robin for her kindness. French translation: Martine Liguori of Lafayette, California, for ongoing, generous, and outstanding help since the early Part of the enjoyment of writing a book lies in meeting 1980s. people from around the world who share a common interest, and in learning from them what is often the knowledge or Japanese translation: Akiko Aoyagi Shurtleff. skills acquired during a lifetime of devoted research or practice. We wish to give deepest thanks... We would also like to thank our co-workers and friends at Soyinfo Center who, since 1984, have played a major role Of the many libraries and librarians who have been of great in collecting the documents, building the library, and help to our research over the years, several stand out: producing the SoyaScan database from which this book is printed: University of California at Berkeley: John Creaser, Lois Farrell, Norma Kobzina, Ingrid Radkey. Irene Yen, Tony Jenkins, Sarah Chang, Laurie Wilmore, Alice Whealey, Simon Beaven, Elinor McCoy, Patricia Northern Regional Library Facility (NRLF), Richmond, McKelvey, Claire Wickens, Ron Perry, Walter Lin, Dana California: Martha Lucero, Jutta Wiemhoff, Scott Miller, Scott, Jeremy Longinotti, John Edelen, Alex Lerman, Lydia Virginia Moon, Kay Loughman. Lam, Gretchen Muller, Joyce Mao, Luna Oxenberg, Joelle Bouchard, Justine Lam, Joey Shurtleff, Justin Hildebrandt, Stanford University: Molly Molloy, who has been of special Michelle Chun, Olga Kochan, Loren Clive, Marina Li, help on Slavic-language documents. Rowyn McDonald, Casey Brodsky, Hannah Woodman, Elizabeth Hawkins, Michelle So. National Agricultural Library: Susan Chapman, Carol Ditzler, John Forbes, Winnifred Gelenter, Henry Gilbert, Special thanks to Tom and Linda Wolfe of Berwyn Park, Kim Hicks, Patricia Krug, Veronica Lefebvre, Julie Mangin, Maryland. Ellen Mann, Josephine McDowell, Wayne Olson, Mike Thompson, Tanner Wray. Finally our deepest thanks to Tony Cooper of Alamo, California, who has kept our computers up and running Library of Congress: Ronald Jackson, Ronald Roache. since Sept. 1983. Lane Medical Library at Stanford University. This book, now doubt and alas, has its share of errors. These, of course, are solely the responsibility of William Contra Costa County Central Library and Lafayette Library: Shurtleff. Carole Barksdale, Kristen Wick, Barbara Furgason, Sherry Cartmill, Linda Barbero. Copyright © 2009 by Soyinfo Center HISTORY OF SOY IN CARIBBEAN 7 INTRODUCTION Brief Chronology of Soybeans in the Caribbean 1767 March – West Indies: Three dozen bottles of soy 1907 – Antigua and Barbuda: Soybeans are first . sauce, made in Savannah by Samuel Bowen, are shipped on cultivated experimentally at Antigua. These are also the first the Harriot, week before last, to the West Indies (New York soybeans grown in the Lesser Antilles (Agricultural News Gazette 1767 April 23, p. 3). (Barbados), 1908 Dec. 26, p. 403). 1807 – West Indies: In 1807 Britain abolishes the slave 1909 – Dominica: Soybeans are first grown trade. William Layman, Captain of the Royal Navy, successfully, at the Botanic Station (Imperial Commissioner, proposes that Asian cash crops be grown in the British West p. 5). Indies to keep the many ships and seamen employed. Included in his 4-page list are: “Soy-bean – Dolichos Soja – 1910 – Grenada: Soybeans are first grown Japan” and “Soy – China (Layman 1807, p. 46). experimentally (Interim Report 1914, p. 1-3). 1910 – Montserrat: Soybeans are first grown on the 1903 – Porto Rico: Soybeans are first cultivated experimental plots at the Botanic Station (Imperial experimentally at the Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment Commissioner 1912, p. 15-16). Station. These are also the first soybeans grown in the Caribbean (Gardner 1903, p. 423). 1910 – St. Kitts and Nevis: Soybeans are first grown experimentally at the Botanic Station (Imperial 1904 Jan. – Caribbean: George T. Moore, a plant Commissioner 1911, p. 29). physiologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has developed a method for sending inoculated soybeans or . 1911 – St. Lucia: : Soybeans are first grown inoculating soil to farmers who request it. In response to experimentally at the Experiment Station (Imperial many requests, he sends (between Nov. 1902 and Nov. Commissioner 1911, p. 21-27). 1904) two packets to Cuba and one to Porto Rico (Moore 1905, p. 42-43). 1912 or before - Trinidad and Tobago: Soybeans are first grown experimentally (Imperial Commissioner 1913, p. 1905 – Cuba: Soybeans are first grown successfully at 2). the agronomic station at Santiago de las Vegas (Cruz 1906, p. 73-74). 1916 or 1917 – Bermuda: Soybeans are first grown, as a source of green manure (McCallan 1921, p. 5). 1905 – Jamaica: Soybeans are first grown experimentally (Inst. International d’Agriculture 1936, p. 1921 Dec. – U.S. Virgin Islands: Soybeans