138 AGRICULTURAL TEXT-BOOK. 



1840. 



South Carolina, - 60,590,861 Ibs. 

 Georgia, - - 12,384,732 &quot; 



Louisiana, - 3,604,534 &quot; 



North Carolina, 2,820,388 &quot; 



Mississippi, - - 777,195 &quot; 



18SO. 



159,930,613 Ibs. 



38,950,691 &quot; 



4,425,349 &quot; 



5,465,868 

 2,719,856 &quot; 



Besides Virginia, Florida, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Ten 

 nessee, Kentucky, Missouri (700 Ibs.) and Iowa (500 Ibs.) 

 The total crop of the United States was, 1840, 80,841,422 Ibs; 

 1850, 215,312,710 Ibs. The rice grown in South Carolina is 

 considered the finest in the world, having much improved in 

 quality in that State. 



320. The Wild Rice, of the JSTorth Western Lakes, \vhicli is gathered 

 and eaten by the Indians, belongs to a different botanical family, and 

 is known as Zizania aqnatica. It is not cultivated. The Patent Office 

 Report, 1846, p. 289, mentions a grain by the name of Hungry Rice, 

 cultivated at Sierra Leone, Africa, as worthy of introduction into this 

 country ; but it is probably a species of Millet, and not a true Rice. 



321. Unhusked rice consists of: (Johnston.) 



Husk, . . 20.91 



Grain, - .... 79.09 



Carolina Rice, (A,) and Rice Flour (BJ gave: 



A. B. 



Water, - . 13.0 14.6 



Ash, . - 0.33 0.35 



322. Considering a rice plant in its dry mature state to 

 weigh 100 grains, the mineral matter in the different parts of 

 the plant are as follows : (Shepard.) 



In the stubble and root, - ... 35 08 



Straw and leaves, - . 36.08 



Husk, - . . 14&amp;gt; 20 



Cotyledon and Epidermis, ... 11.70 



Clean rice, - .... 1.94 



100.00 



323. Dry rice contains: (Payen.) 



Starch, - ... 86.9 



Gluten, &amp;lt;tc., ... 75 



