LIBRARY 



NEW YORK 



BOTANICAL, 



QARUEN 



Issued A ugust IC, 1912. 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY— Circular No. 97. 

 B. T. GALLOWAY, Chief of Bureau. 



A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON RICE GROWING 

 IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY. 



BY 



CHARLES E. CHAMBLISS, 



Agronomist in Charge of Rice IiLvestlgations, 

 Office of Grain Investigations. 



WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1912 



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