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REPORT ON RICE AND COTTON INVESTIGATIONS 
IN CHINA AND JAPAN. 
By F. G. Krauss. 
(Continued from May issue.) 
To make the data here presented more accessible, it has 
been arranged under the following headings : 
1. Varieties of Rice and Their Improvement. 
2. Diseases and Pests of Rice. 
3. Fertilization Experiments. 
4. Agricultural Practice. 
I. Varieties of Rice and Their Improvement. 
One of the main objects of the investigation in Japan was 
to study their varieties of rice at first-hand, and to secure, if 
possible, varieties better suited to Hawaiian conditions from 
cultural and consumers’ standpoints. After traveling through 
the principal rice-growing sections and consulting rice special- 
ists in several Experiment Stations, the following four va- 
rieties were determined upon as most likely to meet our re- 
quirements : 
1. Miyako ( U ). Considered the best variety grown 
in Japan. Fairly early and a fair yielder; 100 clumps gave 
an average of sixteen fruiting culms per clump ; shows incli- 
nation to lodge. 
2. Benkei ( ). A most promising new variety, 
considered of finest culinary quality. Bears heavy, compact 
panicles ; yields well and matures rather early. Averages 
eighteen fruiting culms per clump. On the whole, this rice 
impressed me as one nearly ideal. 
3. Omachi ( tm ). The standard variety of Japan, 
and the rice principally exported to Hawaii. Good yielder; 
maturing somewhat late. Bearded, a type not liked by the 
Hawaiian grower, but so strongly recommended by the Ex- 
periment Stations that it was included. 
4. Shinriki ( ). Another standard variety of more 
recent development than Omachi. A late variety; stands up 
well and produces twenty to thirty fruiting culms per clump. 
Considered by the writer one of the most promising varieties. 
With the assistance of the Kyushu and Yamaguchi Sta- 
tions, 100 pounds of select seed of each of these varieties was 
purchased for general distribution among Hawaiian planters. 
The seed is expected here by the transport due December 
5th, and should arrive in ample time for spring planting. 
In addition to securing the above stocks for general plant- 
