110 PLANT DISEASE 



paddy (rice) should grow year after year in 

 the same soil for generations without the land 

 being manured. 



" This seems to be accounted for by the 

 following facts : That rice is notoriously de- 

 ficient in mineral matter and nitrogen, or, in 

 other words, the substances which ordinary 

 crops take away from the soil." 



In Food, A. H. Church, Professor of 

 Chemistry in the Agricultural College of 

 Cirencester, says, on page 76, under 

 " Rice " 



"It is said to be the main food of one-third 

 of the human race. Alone, however, it is not 

 a perfect food, being deficient in flesh formers 

 and mineral matters." 



Report of the Leprosy Commission in India, 

 1890-91, under " Diet " 



" Since the earliest days in the history of 

 leprosy the greatest influence in the aetiology 

 of the disease has been attributed to the de- 

 fective or bad dietetic conditions. That food 



