10 RICE GEOWING IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY. 



Keep the land submerged from the time the phiiits have tillered 

 well until the heads turn down. 

 Provide for thorough drainage. 



Build shocks to protect the grain from sun and rain. 

 Keep the rice in shocks at least 10 days before thrashing it. 



CONCLUSIONS. 



The results from a two-year test of 300 varieties of rices on black 

 adobe soil near Biggs, Cal., indicate the possibility of rice culture in 

 the Sacramento Valley. The successful introduction of this crop 

 is dependent upon an abundant supply of water, which must always 

 be available during the growing season. The soil area adapted to 

 rice in this valley is sufficiently large to produce many times the 

 55,000,000 pounds of cleaned rice which are consumed each year on 

 the Pacific coast. How much of this area has sufficient available 

 water for proper irrigation is uncertain, though for a good portion 

 of it there is apparently an abundant supply. Increase in the rice 

 acreage should therefore be made with care. 



^te^ 



Approved : 



James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



Washington, D. C, May i, 1912. 



[Cir. 97] 



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