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198. Uses. — The chief use of rice is to feed mankind, 

 for which purpose it is specially prepared by the removal of 

 the hull and by other manufacturing processes. However, 

 the polishing of the grains results in removing some of the 

 most nutritious part. 



Rice poUsh, one of the flourlike by-products of the rice 



mill, is a nutritious and palatable food for any class of 



live-stock. Rice hulls have but 



/ ^^&!llk^^^^^ little food value and even when 



ground, their use is undesirable. 



Rice bran usually consists of the 



^ ^WMPH)^ ^^ffl^^ seed coats to which adheres much 



Figs. 110 ^nd 111. -Two ^^ ^^^ nutritious layers of the 



Types of Rice. grain, mixed with some groimd 



The Honduras on the left rice hulls and polish. It is inferior 



and the Japanese on the •„ r j- ^ j. • i* i 



right. The Siort kernels of '"^ ^^eding value to rice pohsh. 

 Japanese rice do not break 199. Varieties. — In Oriental 



loTSns^Tr'i.*'^ -"^.'^t"-^ there are hundreds of 

 varieties of rice, but few kinds are 

 grown in the United States. Chief among the latter are 

 types known as Honduras, Japan, and Gold Seed (Figs. 

 110 and 111). 



The types generally grown in our southwestern rice 

 fields are Japan and Honduras, which are described as 

 follows : " The Japan has a short, thick kernel, a thick 

 hull, and heavy grain. It is not so tall as the Honduras, 

 and the straw is smaller and green when the grain is ripe. 

 The percentage of bran in the Japan is small. Since the 

 grains do not break so badly, it will mill more head rice 

 (high-grade unbroken grains) than the Honduras. The 

 market price for Japan, however, is a little less than for 



