RICE 



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States. Since it forms one of the principal articles of diet 

 in the densely populated countries of eastern Asia, and has 



Fig. Is. — Map showirii^, a.s iu Fi^. 16, native hr>nK.' and present range of 

 rye. (Original.) 



Fig. 19. — Map .sho"R4ng, as in Fig. 16, native homo and present range of 

 oats. (Original.) 



come to be very widely used in other parts of the world, 

 rice doubtless serves as food for more human beings than any 

 other grain. 



