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have been introduced only recently or for one reason or another are 
less valuable than those previously discussed. These less important 
varieties are mentioned in the paragraphs which follow. 
SUE HERO. 
In 1917 Suey Hero, a Japanese at Biggs, introduced an early- 
maturing short-grain variety of rice from Japan. He obtained 
enough seed to sow 160 acres. This variety matured on September 
15 and yielded well. In 1918 about 7,500 acres were sown to this 
variety, which was known locally as Sue Hero, but it did not meet 
with general approval, so the acreage sown to it has decreased in 
California. 
Sue Hero matures early, but it does not yield well on old land, and 
on rich first-year land it lodges badly. These two faults combined 
with the undesirable characteristic of being hard to thresh have kept 
Sue Hero from becoming a more important commercial variety in 
California. Only a small acreage is sown to Sue Hero at present. 
Butte rice was developed from a pure-line selection made at the 
Rice Experiment Station, Crowley, La., by Charles E. Chambliss 
and J. Mitchell Jenkins in 1911 from a variety called Tokyo, which 
was imported from Japan in 1908 by a rice-milling company at 
Beaumont, Tex. It was first sown in the nursery at the Biggs Rice 
Field Station in 1914. It was increased in 1915, and in 1916 was 
sown on about 200 acres, in cooperation with farmers. In 1917 about 
8,000 acres were sown to it, the allotment and sale being controlled 
by the Sacramento Valley Grain Association in cooperation with 
the Biggs Rice Field Station. The commercial yields from this 
variety were satisfactory. The Butte variety yields and mills well 
and is from 10 days to 2 weeks earlier than standard, or late, Watari- 
bune. Like Colusa, it was named in 1920 for one of the California 
rice-growing counties. 
Butte rice makes a rapid growth during the first two months, a 
distinct advantage when sown on foul land. It does not shatter 
nor is it eaten by ducks or other birds. It does well on new or old 
land and was the highest yielding early variety in California until 
1917. It does not tiller as much as Wataribune and for this reason 
should be seeded heavier. The weak points of the variety are that 
it is bearded and difficult to thresh and mill. Butte has been very 
largely replaced during the past three years by Early Wataribune 
and Caloro. 
TOKYO. 
Tokyo is a short-grain rice that matures about the same time as 
Early Wataribune. This variety was brought to California from 
Texas by a Japanese in 1915. Tokyo yields well on new land, but 
does not produce as much on old land as Early Wataribune. This 
variety has stiff, rather short straw, stools well, and has short heads. 
It is uniform and closely resembles Shinriki except that it matures 
earlier. Very little Tokyo rice was grown in California in 1920 or 
1921. This variety is distinct from the one of the same name from 
which Butte rice was selected. 
