RICE 



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method of cultivation makes it possible for the rice to 

 be germinating and growing while the paddies, or fields, 

 are being prepared. But it can be used only on a small 

 scale and where human labor is very cheap. 





Fie. 80. Women transplanting rice plants in the Igorot country 



The paddies are usually cultivated in the state of soft 

 mud, which prevents the use of any beast except the 

 carabao. Rice plants of the ordinary size are set in the 

 paddies about 10 cm apart in each direction. 



Drilling. Drilling in the seed is the American method, 

 first developed in South Carolina, and now used on a 

 very large scale in Texas. Machines are used which 

 plant the rice seed in straight rows, at uniform distances 



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apart. Water is then turned on the fields and left until 



