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is raised on low delta or alluvial lands that will permit of 

 inundation. In lowland rice culture, flooding of the field 

 is usually resorted to in order to hasten germination; after 

 the plants have attained a height of several inches, from 

 3 to 6 inches of water are turned on to the field and kept 

 there continuously for twenty, thirty, or more, days, de- 

 pending upon the region. The water is renewed occasionally 

 to prevent it from becoming stagnant. It is drained off 

 just prior to the ripening of the grain. 



The Production of Rice. — British India produced 62,- 

 638,912,000 pounds of rice in 1914. During the same period, 

 Japan raised 17,826,240,000 pounds, Java and Madura 

 (1913) 7,951,049,000 pounds, Korea 3,678,878,000 pounds, 

 the Philippine Islands 1,403,516,000 pounds, Italy 741,263,- 

 000 pounds, and the United States 656,917,000 pounds. 



There are four commercial rice-growing districts in the 

 United States: (i) The Carolina district, (2) the Texas- 

 Louisiana district, (3) The Arkansas district, and (4) the 

 California district. The heaviest producer is the Texas- 

 Louisiana district. Louisiana produced 13,714,000 bushels 

 of rice in 191 5, or about one-half of the total product for the 

 entire United States. Texas ranked second with 7,930,000 

 bushels, Arkansas third with 4,840,000 bushels, and Cali- 

 fornia fourth with 2,268,000 bushels. 



References 



Akemine, M.: On the Flowers and Flowering of O. sativa. Agric. Gaz. 

 Nogyo-Sekai, 1910-11. 



Graham, R. J. D. : Preliminary Note on the Classification of Rice in the Cen- 

 tral Provinces. Mem. Dept. Agr. in India, Bot. ser. 6, No. 7: 209-230, 



1913- 

 Hector, P. G. : Notes on Pollination and Cross-fertilization in the Common 



Rice Plant, Oryza sativa, Mem. Dept. Agr. in India, Bot. ser. VI, 



i: i-io, 1913. 

 KiKKAWA, S.: On the Classification of Cultivated Rice. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 



Coll. Agr. Bull. Ill, No. 2, 11-108, 191 2. 

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