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again let on, leaving the top leaves a little above it. A fort 

 night before harvest, the water is finally drawn oft*. 



326. Rough rice, while the husk is still attached, is called 

 Paddy, and large quantities are exported in this condition. 

 A peculiar mill is required for cleaning the husk from the 

 grain, and in this process large amounts of &quot;Rice flour&quot; are 

 formed. The &quot;flour,&quot; the chaflj and the straw are used as ma 

 nure for this crop, and are deemed among the very best. The 

 chaff is spread even over the surface, about three inches deep, 

 and plowed in. The straw can be safely used when the field is 

 fallowed. It is then put on the land thick, and bedded in. 

 Prof. Shepard says &quot;The planter who sells his crop in the con 

 dition of Rough Rice, robs his land of 27.84 per cent of the 

 mineral ingredients of this species of produce, while on the other 

 hand, he who sells it as clean rice, abstracts from them but 2 

 per cent, of these ingredients.&quot; 



327. The Upland Rice is sown in April and is ripe in Sep 

 tember. The usual method is to sow it in drills about 18 

 inches apart ; but if the land is well prepared and clean, it may 

 be sown broadcast. 



328. The yield of an average crop of common rice in South 

 Carolina is about 40 bushels per acre, while a good crop will 

 give as high as 55 bushels. We find the product of 16 acres 

 thus described when prepared for market: 



Rough rice, 376 bushels, give of 



Clean rice, 10,7541bs. 



Small rice, 1G^ bushels. 



Floui, - 31 



The Upland Rice yields from 25 to 30 bushels an acre. 



329. Rice is measured by the Barrel of 600 Ibs, and by the 

 Tierce. 



330. This grain is eaten boiled in its clean state ; it is ground 

 into flour; and starch is made from it. Manufactured on a 

 large scale, Patna rice yields 80 per cent of marketable starch ; 



