The figures below indicate the acreage and production of Blue- 
bonnet rice in the United States for 1950 and 1951: 
1950 1951 
PA CTGS DCM gree eee eer erate eo ne ale 405,811 600,390 
Procuctionse CWT atte etic ene ae weer ee ey 8,851,102 13,341,665 
RercenteoliGrop yer: ae ee ee eee 23.68 29.65 
Bluebonnet 50 is a strain of Bluebonnet selected by H. M. Beachell 
at the Rice Experiment Station, Beaumont, Texas. 
The Certified Seed Rice being offered for sale by the Delta & Pine 
Land Company is the result of one-variety production and processing 
