RICE 



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States. Since it forms one of tiie principal articles of diet 

 in tlie densely ])opulated countries of eastern Asia, and has 



Fu;. 18. — Map showing, as in Fig. 16, native home and present range of 

 rye. (Original.) 



Fig. 19. — Map showing, as in J;ig. 16, ruitivo home un<i present range of 

 oats. (Original.) 



come to be very widely used in other parts of the world, 

 rice doubtless serves as food for more human beings than any 

 other grain. 



