Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . the futurethrough rice culture. Her eyelids werepried open a bit by the recent Butte(bounty Rice Exposition held in Gridley,where rice in its various stages of growtli,the finished and unfinished product anda score of bi-products, were on was tlie first rice fair ever heldnorth of the Mason and Dixie line. The developmeni of the rice industryhas not l)cen accomplished without eii-cdimlering dilliculties. (^hicf among thesehas been the delay in i)lanting or in ap-plying the water upon which the successol Ihc rice planlalion depends. It is im-pi&g
Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . the futurethrough rice culture. Her eyelids werepried open a bit by the recent Butte(bounty Rice Exposition held in Gridley,where rice in its various stages of growtli,the finished and unfinished product anda score of bi-products, were on was tlie first rice fair ever heldnorth of the Mason and Dixie line. The developmeni of the rice industryhas not l)cen accomplished without eii-cdimlering dilliculties. (^hicf among thesehas been the delay in i)lanting or in ap-plying the water upon which the successol Ihc rice planlalion depends. It is im-pi>rlanl Ilia! Ihc rice lie ))lanted early,in order llial il may lie harvested andthreshed before the winter rains of late planting and of ma-chinery a considera!)lc (pianlily of lastyears crop was caught i)y llie early rainsand sulVered some damage. Tlie experi-ence led to earlier planting this year andiiuicased provision for harvesting, fliissetback did not daunt the rice man. how- 180 Pacific Service Magazine. ever. The rice berry is hard and doesnot absorb water readily. Mucli which?went through the rain while standing inthe shock was only partially the rainy season passed, it wasthreshed and milled, bringing a priceat least sufTicient to return the cost ofgrowing. The only weed pest of any importanceis water grass, commonly known as barn-yard grass or wild millet. This must bepulled out by hand, but if not neglectedoffers no serious problem. It can be heldin check at slight expense. With the development of the industryhas come a new demand for harvestingmachinery, which has kept the imple-ment men busj. In Biggs and Richvaleat present stands scores of binders andseparators awaiting the rice harvest inthe late fall. The rice fields in Louisiana yield from1200 to 2500 pounds per acre. In ButteCounty they yield from 2000 to 5000pounds per acre. Opportunity! Is thereat present a greater one in California for the upbuilding of thriving conununiti
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