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4662. Banata rice. 4669. Bantur rice. 



4663. An unnamed rice. 4670. An unnamed rice. 



4664. An unnamed rice. 4671. Malac rice. 



4665. Cavitena rice. 4672. An unnamed rice. 



4666. Matayosa rice. 4673. An unnamed rice. 



4667. Magano rice. 4674. An unnamed rice. 



4668. Sida rice. 4675. A pink rice, without name. 



4676. Samudrabali. A variety of rice grown in Burmah. Presented by C. C. 



Curtis. 

 Numbers 4677-4681 are other varieties of rice grown in Burmah and presented by 



C. C. Curtis. 



4682. Lowland rice. Acquired by H. H. Rusby near Savannah, Georgia. 



4683. Rice hulls. — The hulls removed from the raw grain to prepare it for the 



market. 



4684. Ordinary domestic cleaned rice. — Presented by F. H. Leggett & Company, 

 of New York. 



4685. Patria rice. — Grown in Patria, India. Same donor as preceding. 



4686. Commercial rice grown in Japan. Same donor as preceding. 



4687. Flaked rice. Same donor as preceding. 



4688. Rice flour. Rice in a finely ground state. Same donor. 



4689. Popped rice. Rice grain crisp. Rice grains popped by heating in a closed 

 container, under high pressure. Acquired in the New York market. 



4690. Wild rice on the stalk. — The grain of Zizania aquatica L. Same family. 



Native of eastern and northern North America, growing in shallow water. 

 An important aboriginal food. 



Oats 

 Oats are the grains of Avena saliva L., of the grass family, 

 native of Europe and Asia and cultivated in all cool and 

 temperate regions. Although principally used as a fodder, 

 especially for horses, these grains, when deprived of their 

 chaffy portions, constitute a very nutritious and wholesome 

 human food. They are less rich in starch than most 

 cereals, but contain much fat and albuminoid matter. 



4691. Oats on the stalk. — The tops of the ripened plant, bearing the grain. 



4692. No. 1 commercial oats, as graded by the New York Produce Exchange, the 

 donor of the sample and of Nos. 4693-4697. 



4693. No. 1 clipped commercial oats. — No. I oats from which the sharp, stiff 

 points have been clipped off. 



4694. No. 2 commercial oats. 



4695. Clipped No. 2 commercial oats. 



4696. No. 2 commercial white oats. 



4697. Clipped No. 2 commercial white oats. 



4698. Manitoba cleaned oats. — Grown in Manitoba, Canada, and presented by 

 the Manitoba Commissioners to the Pan American Exposition at Buffalo, 

 New York. 



