. Circular. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. 10 RICE GEOWING IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY. Keep the land submerged from the time the phiiits have tillered well until the heads turn down. Provide for thorough drainage. Build shocks to protect the grain from sun and rain. Keep the rice in shocks at least 10 days before thrashing it. CONCLUSIONS. The results from a two-year test of 300 varieties of rices on black adobe soil near Biggs, Cal., indicate the possibility of rice culture in the Sacramento Valley. The successful introduction of this crop is dependent upon an abundant supply of wat
. Circular. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. 10 RICE GEOWING IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY. Keep the land submerged from the time the phiiits have tillered well until the heads turn down. Provide for thorough drainage. Build shocks to protect the grain from sun and rain. Keep the rice in shocks at least 10 days before thrashing it. CONCLUSIONS. The results from a two-year test of 300 varieties of rices on black adobe soil near Biggs, Cal., indicate the possibility of rice culture in the Sacramento Valley. The successful introduction of this crop is dependent upon an abundant supply of water, which must always be available during the growing season. The soil area adapted to rice in this valley is sufficiently large to produce many times the 55,000,000 pounds of cleaned rice which are consumed each year on the Pacific coast. How much of this area has sufficient available water for proper irrigation is uncertain, though for a good portion of it there is apparently an abundant supply. Increase in the rice acreage should therefore be made with care. ^te^ Approved: James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture. Washington, D. C, May i, 1912. [Cir. 97] ADDITIONAL COPIES of this publication -ii- may be procured from the Superintend- ent OF Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., at 5 cents per copy. 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 United States. Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D. C. : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry
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