. The world's commercial products [microform] : a descriptive account of the economic plants of the world and of their commercial uses. Plant products; Produits naturels; Produits végétaux; Natural products; Botanique agricole; Botany, Economic. 44 The World's Commercial Products iiiiiiitiy .111(1 lilxi ill tlic Wc-it Iiulii-. iliir> lint 111,1] 1 oits of a eoniniuiiity with a nelf l)e made into hicad as it lontains \ei\-little ;,'hiten. Hut it has thcj^reat advantage of heiiii; veiy easilv di^;e-ted. and i> olten of fjn at heiielit to invalids who cannot readily taki' starchy vej,'eta
. The world's commercial products [microform] : a descriptive account of the economic plants of the world and of their commercial uses. Plant products; Produits naturels; Produits végétaux; Natural products; Botanique agricole; Botany, Economic. 44 The World's Commercial Products iiiiiiitiy .111(1 lilxi ill tlic Wc-it Iiulii-. iliir> lint 111,1] 1 oits of a eoniniuiiity with a nelf l)e made into hicad as it lontains \ei\-little ;,'hiten. Hut it has thcj^reat advantage of heiiii; veiy easilv di^;e-ted. and i> olten of fjn at heiielit to invalids who cannot readily taki' starchy vej,'etal)les. such a- poiatoe>. The I'lastein people cook rice very nicely so that each fjrain is sioper cookinj,'. The straw of the plan: is a fairly fjood loddir fill-cattle. It is plait<'d and made mill the straw shoes of Japan, and other items of .ipparel. 1 ho husks or chaff are nxfnl for nianuie and in a variety of other ways. Rice bran and the <.t broken j,'rains, dust, etc., are valuable <.ittle foods. Rice |)olisli is the most nutritious of the by-])roducts from the inilliiifi and cleaning of rice. l'ossii)ly, in the future, fashion inav not demand flu- removal of the most valuable ])art of the grain, but at lueseiit it is i hietly used as a cattk' food. I'oudrc-dc-rizâ imv of the recpiisites ot the toilet tal)l<âis not made fiom rice, but of soap-stone finely powdered. In India, however, a ri(c powder is prt'])aied fioni the grains for similar purposes. Starch is made in Europe from rice not leciuiied for other purposes, some is exported to India to be used in â â making iiji " cotton prints. (Sec Starches.) Alcobul jrvm Rice. The Japanese prepare from rice an liquor known as '" ; which is said to re- semble in light sherry, kept in a beer-bottle for some time. A ferment, called " koji," which in reality is nothing but mouldy rice, is usi'd iii its {ireparation. In orde
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