BICE 



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Upland rice should usually be fertilized with acid phos- 

 phate, and, if thought best, with potash and nitrogen. 



206. Harvesting. — The nature of the soil in Louisiana 

 and Askansas permits the drainage of the fields, so that the 

 rice crop is there harvested by the use of self-binders. 



After the grain has been somewhat further cured, it is carefully 

 shocked (Fig. 114). ;' First, shock on dry ground; second, brace the 



Fig. 114. — A Rice Field after Harvest. 



bundles carefully against each other, so as to resist wind or storms ; 

 third, let the shock be . . . capped carefully with bundles. . . . Slow 



