. The cereals in America. Grain. COMPOSITION OF RICE 359 sperm is quite hard, and is glassy or translucent, with only here and there white or opaque spots. As in oats, the starch grains are compound. The rice grains usually vary from three-eighths. Longitudinal and cross section of rice kernel : I , cuticle ; 2, aleurone layer; 3, endosperm : 4, embryo; unnumbered lines show longitudinal depression in kernel. (After Dodson.) to two-fifths of an inch in length. The weight of loo grains may vary from two to three grams, or from 15,000 to 17,000 grains per pound. 504. Composition. — The following
. The cereals in America. Grain. COMPOSITION OF RICE 359 sperm is quite hard, and is glassy or translucent, with only here and there white or opaque spots. As in oats, the starch grains are compound. The rice grains usually vary from three-eighths. Longitudinal and cross section of rice kernel : I , cuticle ; 2, aleurone layer; 3, endosperm : 4, embryo; unnumbered lines show longitudinal depression in kernel. (After Dodson.) to two-fifths of an inch in length. The weight of loo grains may vary from two to three grams, or from 15,000 to 17,000 grains per pound. 504. Composition. — The following table gives the average of ten American analyses of clean rice, and one analysis each of rough rice and rice straw: Water . Ash . . Protein (N ) Crude fiber . Nitrogen-free extract Fat . . Clean Rough rice nee 54 74 74 9-3 64-3 Rice straw 4-7 323 Clean rice is characterized by high percentage of starch and a correspondingly low percentage of other substances, especially crude fiber. Over ninety per cent of the dry matter of rice is nitrogen-free extract, almost exclusively starch. As a source of easily digestible carbohydrates, rice is without a peer among the cereals, and has few equals among food products. 505. Varieties.—There are five types of rice, among which we lowland rice and upland rice. These have sometimes been. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hunt, Thomas Forsyth, 1862-1927. New York, O. Judd company;
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