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4. Formosa (Swamp). 



75 Strain 2 



Creole Strain 2 



Creole 



75 Strain 4 



75 Strain 6 



6. Louisiana (Swamp). 



Nurseries were made with half the seed during the first week of 

 August and transplanted three weeks later, but before the plants were 

 established a large proportion was destroyed by floods. A.bout 2 to 4 lb, 

 paddy of each variety have been reaped. 



7. Formosa (Upland). 



The two first are good rices and likely to be useful. 



Samples of paddy were also received from British Honduras but the 

 seed did not germinate. 



SEED SELECTION. 



In addition to the importation of varieties from other countries, 

 attempts are being made to improve the yield and quality of paddy of 

 varieties grown locally by seed selection. A. fair amount of attention 

 has been given to this branch of the rice experiments during the past 

 two years. 



When the nurseries were sown in 1917, 200 of the strongest plants 

 of the so-called standard varieties : Jerrahan, Creole Variant 2, H. 6 

 and A.H.C. were pulled up and planted singly one foot apart, leaving 

 a space of four feet between the plots of each variety. When the seed 

 had ripened, 50 plants of each variety were reaped separately, the 

 number of tillers counted and the seed weighed. 



