CONTENTS 



XXlll 



CHAPTER XXIII 



RICE 



Th6 Hice Plant : Description, 672 ; Roots, 673 ; 

 Culms, 674 ; Leaves, 675 ; Panicles and spikelets, 676 ; 

 Flowers, 677 ; Kernels, 678 ; Origin of rice, 679 ; Range, 

 680 ; Classification, 681 ; Common or large-kerneled 

 rice, 682 ; Small-kerneled rice, 683 ; Glutinous rice, 684 ; 

 Special groups of rices, 685 ; World distribution of rice, 

 686 ; Adaptation in the United States, 687 ; Introduc- 

 tions of rice, 688 ; Seed cleaning and grading, 689 ; Se- 

 lection, 690; Hybridization, 691. Cultivation: Soil 

 adaptation, 692; Fertilizers, 693; Rotations, 694; Irri- 

 gation, 695; Sources of water, 696; The size of the 

 sub-fields or cute, 697 ; Pumping, 698 ; Levees, 699 ; 

 Drainage, 700 ; Preparation of the soil, 701 ; Time of 

 seeding, 702 ; The rate of seeding, 703 ; Depth and 

 method of seeding, 704 ; Applications of water, 705 ; 

 Some general principles of rice irrigation, 706 ; Harvest- 

 ing and thrashing, 707. nice Pests : Weeds, 708 ; Red 

 rice, 709 ; Barnyard-grass or water-grass, 710 ; Rice 

 water weevil, 711 ; Other rice insects, 712 ; The ricebird, 

 713; Blackbirds, 714; Straight-head, 715; Rice blast or 

 rotten-neck, 716. Uses of Rice : Rice as stock feed, 717 ; 

 Primitive and oriental rice milling, 718; The modern 

 commercial milling process, 719 ; Grades of milled rice, 

 720 ; Rice as a food, 721 ; Polished and unpolished rice, 

 722. 



600-638 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 

 INDEX 



639-685 

 687-699 



