. The botany of crop plants : a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. ORYZA SATIVA 207 aquatica), and wild rice {Zizania miliacea). Both are tall aquatic grasses belonging to the same tribe (Oryzeae) as cultivated rice. Both species of Zizania differ from Oryza in having monoecious spikelets. Uses of Rice.—Rice is a food for more human beings than is any other grain. It is the principal food of the densely populated regions of China, India, and the neighboring islands. The consumption of rice per capita in the United. fe Fig. 77.—Harvesting rice in Arkansas. {From Essentials of Geography,
. The botany of crop plants : a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. ORYZA SATIVA 207 aquatica), and wild rice {Zizania miliacea). Both are tall aquatic grasses belonging to the same tribe (Oryzeae) as cultivated rice. Both species of Zizania differ from Oryza in having monoecious spikelets. Uses of Rice.—Rice is a food for more human beings than is any other grain. It is the principal food of the densely populated regions of China, India, and the neighboring islands. The consumption of rice per capita in the United. fe Fig. 77.—Harvesting rice in Arkansas. {From Essentials of Geography, Second Book. Copyright 1916, by Albert Perry Brigham and Charles T. McFarlane. American Book Company, Publishers.) States is steadily increasing. Orientals do not polish their rice, while all the rice that comes on the market in this coun- try has had the hull removed, and has been polished. Rice hulls and rice flour or polish, removed in the milling process, are used as stock food. Rice straw is also used as a food for stock, and in the manufacture of paper, straw hats, straw board, etc. In Japan, a drink called "sake," similar to beer, is made from 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 Robbins, Wilfred William, 1884-1952. Philadelphia : P. Blakiston's Son
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