EICE -- I 



Upland rice should usually be fertilized with acid jDhos- 

 phate, and, if thought best, mth 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. 114j. " First, shock on dry ground ; second, brace the 



Fig. 114. — A Rice Field after Hae^'est. 



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

 third, let the shook be . . . capped carefully ^\ithljuudles. . . . Slow 



