Smithsonian Report. 1960— Crist 



Plate 5 



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1. A tractor with cage wheels being used to chop up weeds in a field preparatory to planting 

 rice seedlings. (Courtes)' F. Patissier, Sjndicat des Riziculteurs de France.) 



2. A seedbed for rice seedlings with a natural fence of evergreen trees as a protection against 

 the mistral that so often roars down the Rhone Vallcv. 



