UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 323 
^SH^jy^S^* Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry >_, 
-jfGv'^Sl. WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief .sCry*^5L 
Washington, D. C. T December 4, 1915 
IMPORTANCE AND CHARACTER OF THE MILLED RICE 
IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES. 
By F. B. Wise, 
Assistant in Grain Standardization. 
CONTENTS. 
Introduction 1 
Quantity and value of rice imported 2 
Countries from which rice is imported 3 
Description of rice types L 4 
Mechanical analyses of samples of imported 
rice 5 
Chemical analyses of samples of imported 
rice 6 
INTRODUCTION. 
In the United States the annual production of rice has not been 
sufficient to supply the domestic demands for this cereal; hence, it 
has been necessary to augment the American crop by importing 
large quantities from abroad. The competition on our markets 
between the home-grown rice and certain grades of foreign rice has 
become a matter of vital importance to the rice producing, milling, 
and handling interests in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, South Carolina, 
and California. For successful competition those connected with the 
rice industry of the United States should have a knowledge of the 
quantity, quality, and condition of the rice imported and be familiar 
with the most common rice types of foreign origin. To secure informa- 
tion concerning the economic value of the rice imported, to study its 
quality and condition at the time of importation, and to determine 
the characteristics of the most important types of foreign rice found 
on American markets, an investigation of the importation of rice into 
the United States was made in the spring and summer of 1914. It is 
expected that the information secured will not only be beneficial to 
those connected with the production, milling, and handling of the 
domestic crop, but will also be of interest to the importers, dealers, and 
wholesale grocers who now handle foreign rice, and to rice consumers 
in general. The quantities of rice brought in are found to vary yearly 
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