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could be regulated at will and there was plenty of sunshine. Although 
the samples were described as suiting soil more or less wet, we have 
grown them all under the same conditions viz., with a constant supply of 
abont 4 inches of water over the surface of the ground during the 
whole period of growth. 
The weight of straw, as given in the table, was taken after threshing, 
and when it was comparatively dry. I may mention here, that every 
pound of rice-straw grown here is used for feeding horses and cattle, 
for which use it is greatly appreciated. The weight of clean rice was 
obtained by weighing all the paddy from the trial plots, and cleaning 
two gallons of each kind in a mortal, on the results of which the totals 
were worked out. The weight of the rice broken in cleaning is in- 
cluded with the whole rice. Of course the samples were only 
roughly cleaned, and a further small percentage would be lost, if they 
were cleaned and polished in a mill. 
As the rent of rice growing land is high here, I have entered in the 
table only the days of growth after transplanting. The nursery beds 
are so small as not to be worth taking into account in drawing any 
conclusions from the relative value of the different kinds of rice as 
regards the length of time they take to grow. 
With regard to the quality of the different samples it will be inter- 
esting to have the opinion of experts. To me it seems that they are 
all of fair quality, although the grain of all is rather small except the 
Connickchoor, which is of a variety very distinct from the others in 
every way. It has a round chalky grain, while all the others have 
longish and more or less translucent grains. The Orah Mettah has 
got a reddish-brown skin, which cannot be entirely removed in a 
mortar and which, added to its smallness and stoutness of grain, gives 
it a very mean appearance in the state in which it can be brought by 
the means at our disposal. None of the Indian samples can approach 
the creole samples in appearance. It maintains its high character for 
excellence of quality, the grains being of a large size, good shape and 
beautiful colour. 
The Indian samples have shewn wonderful results in weight of crops. 
If further trials shew equally good results some of the varieties will be 
largely adopted by the rice farmers here, although the grand quality of 
the creole rice and the comparatively short time which it takes to come 
to maturity, will always make it a dangerous rival. The Orah Mettah 
shows a return of over 20 bags of rice to the acre in one crop and there 
