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have reacted on the character and Hfe-history of the phmt, 

 probably in such wise as to improve the quahty of the grain 

 and to increase the quantity of the crop; yet the unconscious 

 cuhivation has been no less destitute of intent and purpose 

 than that of the farmer ant of the arid plains. 



Dr Jenks properly calls attention to the potential value of 

 wild rice to modern peoples of advanced culture. Should this 

 natural product come into the general use to which it seems 

 adapted, it will add another to the many debts of Caucasian 

 to Indian. 



