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growing in the Great Plains. Immense pumping plants 

 are established, which send the water through river-like 

 canals, as in western irrigation, and the subfields are often 

 near 100 acres in size. The soil is prairie land. The 

 principal varieties grown are Honduras, Shinriki, and 

 Blue Rose. During the last 25 years nearly all the rice 



FIG. 179. 



One hundred acres of rice in early stage of growth near 

 Colusa, California. 



of this country has been grown in this district. The rice 

 acreage is 661,000 acres. 



In Arkansas, the conditions are about the same as in 

 the last described district, except that the average tem- 

 perature is lower. The largest acreage is in Lonoke, 

 Prairie, Monroe, Poinsett, and St. Francis counties. 

 The total acreage is 100,000 acres. 



In California, rice-growing is a recent industry, de- 

 veloped by the Sacramento Valley Grain Association, 



