220 SOUTHERN FIELD CROPS 



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

 for which purpose it is specially prepared bj' 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 polish, one of the flourlike by-products of the rice 

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

 li^'e-stock. Rice hulls have but 

 little food value and even when 

 ground, their use is undesirable. 

 Rice bran usually consists of the 

 seed coats to which adheres much 



Figs, uo vx,, 111. -Two "*' }^"' nutritious layers of the 

 Types of Rice. grain, mixed with some ground 



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



and the Japanese on the ■ r r i j_ • i- i 



right. The short kernels of "^ feeding value to rice polish. 

 Japanese rice do not break 199. Varieties. — 111 Oriental 

 i^So^C^^^'^ <=«-^t"es there are hundreds of 

 varieties of rice, but few kinds are 

 growai 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, \\'hich 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 Jajian is small. Since the 

 grains do not l)reak so badly, it will mill more head rice 

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

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



