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Rice Corn. 



brated for wheat are Russia, France, and 

 Austria. 



45. Rice is said to be used for food more 

 than any other grain. Millions of the inhabi- 

 tants of China, India, and the islands off 

 their coasts make it their chief article of agri- 

 culture and food. 



46. It is also said that the excellent rice for 

 which the state of South Carolina has long 

 been celebrated is due to a few seeds left there 

 by a vessel from the island of Madagascar 

 over two hundred years ago. 



47. Rice is cultivated also in Southern Eu- 



rope, Africa, and the 

 warm countries of North 

 and South America. A 

 wild kind of rice grows 

 in the swamps and lakes 

 of Minnesota. 



48. Indian corn is, next 

 to rice, the most used. 

 Originating in America 

 long before the discovery 

 of this continent by Co- 

 lumbus, its cultivation has 

 spread to almost every 

 country in the world. 

 49. The potato is the most useful and the 

 most extensively cultivated of all vegetables. It 



Indian Corn or Maize. 



