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form of the plant has been developed, which is capable of 

 growing in ordinary dry soil. This is known as "Upland" 

 and of it also there are many cultivated varieties. 



Rice differs from other grains in being completely and 

 closely enclosed in its husk or hull, which must be broken 

 before it can be removed. This is a far more difficult 

 process than the ordinary winnowing of other grains, and 

 has led to the invention of special machinery, the process 

 being usually performed, in this country, in factories to 

 which the crude rice is taken for that purpose. It is thus 

 possible for the entire industry of rice production to be 

 controlled in any given district by a combination among 

 these millers, especially if the price of imported rice is 

 increased by a tariff. 



After the removal of the hull, the rice is usually subject 

 to a polishing process, by which the outer layers are ground 

 off. This not only gives the rice a more showy appearance, 

 but it removes the eggs of a fly deposited in the surface of 

 the grains of most rice, which would otherwise hatch out 

 before the rice is used. This process removes the most 

 nutritious portion of the grain. 



As a food, rice is far less nutritious than other grains. 

 It contains a very large percentage of starch, but little 

 of the more valuable nutrients, fats and albuminoids. 

 This is largely due to the removal of the outer layers in 

 polishing. In oriental countries, in many of which rice 

 is the chief food, this treatment is rarely employed, the 

 rice being consumed before the insects have time to hatch. 



4456. Upland rice on the stalk. Grown at Banos, San Vicente, Cuba. Acquired 

 by N. L. Britton, September 16, 1910. 



4457. Kelijira. — A variety of rice grown in Burmah. Presented by C. C. Curtis. 

 Numbers 4458-4675 comprise a collection of samples of rice grown in the Philippine 



Islands, and presented by E. B. Southwick. 



4458. Uban rice. 44 6 4- Na Lahl rice. 



4459. Saganay rice. 4465. Cacayan Luzon rice. 



4460. Mocanay rice. 4466. Quinastila rice. 



4461. Ampepit rice. 4467. An unnamed rice. 



4462. Binggala rice. 4468. Palay rice. 



4463. Binon doc rice. 44^9- Bulic rice. 



