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The World's Commercial Products 



'As mentioned before, some kinds of rice can be grown without being flooded with water. 

 These are usually grouped together as "Upland" or "Hill Rice." They, are cultivated in 

 much the same manner as any. other kind of corn, and do not call for any special . description 

 in addition to that already given. . / 



Let us. now direct pur attention for a short time to the methods employed in the United 

 States of America, where rice is- cultivated "on modern principles. The United States, with 

 their great range of climate, can "grow all the more important cereals, wheat, barley, Indian 

 corn, oats, etc. They grow these on such a scale as to supply all their own wants and to have 

 an enormous quantity for export, but as regards. rice, although a very large amount is grown, 

 a great deal has to be imported. The difference is due partly to rice only growing in the 

 hotter regions, and' partly to its requiring flooded land on which it is difficult to use modern 



THE JAPANESE USE A PECULIAR FAN TO WINNOW PADDY 



