RICE 



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Upland rice should usually be fertilized with acid phos- 

 phate, and, if thought best, with potash and nitrogen. 



206. Harvesting. The nature of the soil in Louisiana 

 and Askansas permits the drainage of the fields, so that the 

 rice crop is there harvested by the use of self-binders. 



After the grain has been somewhat further cured, it is carefully 

 shocked (Fig. 114). " First, shock on dry ground ; second, brace the 



FIG. 114. A RICE FIELD AFTER HARVEST. 



bundles carefully against each other, so as to resist wind or storms ; 

 third, let the shock be ... capped carefully with bundles. . . . Slow 



