865 



My 31st, 1909, p. 156). 



Misc 



Meji 



and in 1907 four varieties found to give the best results were 

 being grown to obtain seed for (fistribution (Foster, Rep. 

 Agric. W. Prov. July 1907; S, Nig. Gaz. Suppl. Oct, 30th, 1907), 



There are many varieties under cultivation, including lowland 

 and upland forms, sometimes classified under these heads or 

 according to whether the grain is glutiuous or non-glutinous 



per 



annual 

 a from 



plants 1- 



4-5 months from sowing the seeds [for classification see the 

 works by Watt (India) and Kikkawa (Japan) mentioned below]. 

 The two types of Rice chiefly grown in the United States on the 

 Gulf coastal plains are " Honduras " — seed long and narrow 

 averaging in length 2J seeds and in width 8 seeds to an inch, 

 plant erect averaging 50 in. in height, with up to 4 stalks per 

 plant, showing in tendency to lodge except on rich soil and 

 strong enough to withstand wind and rain-storms, matures in 

 about 128 days and jdelding about 1996 lb. of paddy or rough 

 rice per acre; "Japanese" — seed short and rounded; the 

 *' Wataribune " variety is described as averaging 4 seeds in 



width 



with stalks 



has on accoimt of the spreading habit and heavy heads a tendency 

 to lodge, especially in rich soil; matures in about 137 days and 

 yields an average of 2600 D). per acre. " Blue Rose '' is a medium 

 grain rice, averaging 44 in. in height, stalks large and stiff, up 

 to 13 per plant, maturing \vitliin 142 days and yielding an 

 average of 2500 lb. per acre; it is never recommended for rich 

 soil; but makes (unHke " Wataribime ") very low yields on 

 poor soil; the leaves are green when the grain is ripe enough 

 to be harvested (Wise & Broom well, seq, ; ChambUss, U.S. Dept 

 Agric. Farmers' Bull. 1092, 1920, pp. 8-11), In Sierra Leone, 

 both swamp and upland rice — most of it of a red colour and 

 of little value on the European market — is grown (Bull. Imp. 

 Inst, 1914, p. 105). The white rice known in Sierra Leone as 

 "American rice" — *' reputed to have been introduced by the 

 early American lilissionaries from the United States," but there 

 are several kinds of country rice some of which are of a reddish 

 colour (AUdridge, Sierra Leone, seq. p23. 342, 347), 



The methods of cultivation may vary somewhat in different 

 countries, but in general up to a certain point, the preparation 

 of the soil, sowing and harvesting is much the same as for other 

 grain, as corn, wheat or sorghum ; a tropical chmate and, where 

 flooding is not practised, a good rainfall, and a good loam, with 



a hard subsoil 12 

 conditions for cultivation. 



favourable 

 it drainage 



oi rne neias la oi importance, requiring considerable engineering 

 skill to regulate the depth of water and the right periods for 

 drying off the land. On the rice-prairies of the United States, 



