Rice. 



§ 1 . Rice ^) is cultivated in two ways : I. after 

 the so-called dry method ; II. in fields which are almost 

 constantly kept under water. As regards the production, 

 the latter method affords the best results. 



The first-named method is generally only applied 

 in places where there is not enough spring-water and where 

 sufficiently abundant rains cannot be relied upon. 



The grounds where rice is cultivated after the last- 

 named method, are called „sawahs" or rice-fields, i. e. : 

 plots surrounded by small dikes between which water can 

 be retained or stream away at discretion. Where the 

 ground slopes, a succession of terraces is constructed, from 

 which the water passes from one into the other. 



Rice is cultivated at a height of to 4000 feet 

 on the most varied grounds, on vegetable-mould as well 

 as on clay and sand-soil, in marshes and on a soil mixed 

 with lime, and even on salt-grounds near the sea. 



1) The plant which produces rice is called in Malay : „padi". 



