. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 768. Rice {Oryza sativa). Floret in g rtower with two !iiid six stamens. Fig. 531 8 ii o w s the hahit of llie plant. crop in all of the states south of the Ohio river, especially on lands now considered waste by reason of insufficient drainage. Wherever fresh water is found in abundance and can be economically ap- plied to the lands within the rice zone, it will prove a profitable crop and will become staple. In the United States the production of rice has been limited mainly to the south Atlantic coast states an
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 768. Rice {Oryza sativa). Floret in g rtower with two !iiid six stamens. Fig. 531 8 ii o w s the hahit of llie plant. crop in all of the states south of the Ohio river, especially on lands now considered waste by reason of insufficient drainage. Wherever fresh water is found in abundance and can be economically ap- plied to the lands within the rice zone, it will prove a profitable crop and will become staple. In the United States the production of rice has been limited mainly to the south Atlantic coast states and to the states bordering on the Gulf of Two types of rice. common long Hon- duras on the left, and the short Japanese on the right. The short-kerneled rice does not break so readily as the long, in the polishing. Development of the rice industry. Rice was iirst intro- duced into America soon after the settlement of Virginia and attained considerable importance in the colonial times. According to the Encyclo- pedia Americana, the practical introduction of rice took place accidentally in 1694 in lower Caro- lina. A vessel bound for Liverpool from Madi- gascar, blown out of her course and in need of repairs, put into Charleston. The captain gave Landgrave Thomas Smith a small parcel of rough rice. This was used as seed; enough was soon grown to provide the needs of the colony, and early in the following century it began to fur- nish a considerable amount for export. In 1707, seventeen ships were reported as sailing from South Carolina with cargoes of rice. Production gradually increased, and in it reached 21,153,054 pounds; in 1755 it was 50,747,090 pounds, and in 1770 it had increased to 75,264,- 500 pounds. This was the product of slave labor and was mostly exported to Europe and the West Indies. During the next seventy years the increase â was slight. In 1840 the report was only 84,145,800 pounds, but in 1860 it amounted to 187,167,032 pounds. The civil war pra
Size: 1828px × 1366px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectagriculture, bookyear
