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stand too" thick, any vacant spots being filled with 

 such spare plants. Water is then turned on again, 

 and is kept in the trenches to the depth of six or 

 seven inches, or, when strong winds are blowing, 

 even within an inch or so of the top, as that tends 

 to keep the stem steady. When the plant begins to 

 ripen, the water is allowed to run off altogether. 



The whole process, it must be acknowledged, is 

 very simple, and offers no great difficulties ; and 

 provided the land is well drained and the subsoil 

 sound, there is nothing that should hinder the 

 acclimatization of this variety. It will well repay 

 any land-owner to undertake the cultivation of this 

 superior grain. 



The importance of its introduction into India 

 cannot be over-estimated, and it justly deserves 

 the high consideration of Government, for it will 

 confer a lasting benefit on the masses whose exist- 

 ence depends upon the products of the soil. 



It has been mentioned that the superior qualities 

 of the grain, and its proportionately high price, were 

 the causes that attracted the attention of the 

 Government of India to Carolina rice ; but there is 

 another and extremely weighty reason why it should 

 command the earnest consideration of every edu- 

 cated farmer and land-owner, whom we must 

 expect to take the lead in initiating its growth. 



The rice-plant of India is a surface -feeder ; its 

 roots are lateral, and rarely penetrate further than 



