UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



|f BULLETIN No. 323 



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Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



December 4, 1915 



IMPORTANCE AND CHARACTER OF THE MILLED RICE 

 IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES. 



By F. B. Wise, 



Assistant in Grain Standardization. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 Introduction 1 



Quantity and value of rice imported 2 



Countries from which rice is imported 3 



Description of rice types 4 



Page. 

 Mechanical analyses of samples of imported 



rice 5 



Chemical analyses of samples of imported 



rice 6 



INTRODUCTION. 



In the United States the annual production of rice has not been 

 sufficient to supply the domestic demands for this cereal; hence, it 

 has been necessary to augment the American crop by importing 

 large quantities from abroad. The competition on our markets 

 between the home-grown rice and certain grades of foreign lice has* 

 become a matter of vital importance to the rice producing, milling, 

 and handling interests in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, South Carolina, 

 and California. For successful competition those connected with the 

 rice industry of the United States should have a knowledge of the 

 quantity, quality, and condition of the rice imported and be familiar 

 wi th the most common rice types of foreign origin. To secure inf orma- 

 f ion concerning the economic value of the rice imported, to study its 

 quality and condition at the time of importation, and to dotermine 

 fhc characteristics of the most important types of foreign rice found 

 on American markets, an investigation of the importation of rice into 

 the I 'nil dl States was made in the spring and summer of 1914. It is 

 tected that the information secured will not only be beneficial to 

 those connected with the production, milling, and handling of the 

 domesl i<- crop, but will also be of interest to I ho importers, dealers, and 

 wholesale grocers who now handle foreign rice, and to rice consumers 

 in general. The quantities of rice brought in are found to vary yearly 



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