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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...should be followed in a short time by the disk harrow and then by the smoothing harrow. Fig. 117. Types of rice. On the left Honduras rice, on the right Japanese rice. From Halligan's " Fundamentals of Agriculture." 201. Sowing.--Rice should usually be sown from March 17 to April 20 for best results. Drilling rather than broadcast sowing is preferred, as a more uniform stand can be attained. Broadcast sowing is still very common, but this practice should be discarded. One to two bushels per acre is sown. 202. Germination.--Very often the seed germinates poorly because of too little moisture in the soil. Some farmers let on enough water to saturate the ground immediately after sowing, drawing off at once any surplus water. A few sprout the seeds before planting by placing bags of rice in water. However, if the soil is dry when these germinated seeds are sown, failure is sure to follow. 203. Irrigation.--Rice is best produced on land which can be kept flooded from the time the plants are six to eight inches high until near the time of maturing. Therefore land must be chosen that has some convenient supply of water for irrigation, has a retentive subsoil, and is practically level. In Louisiana and Texas the water used for irrigation is pumped from bayous and rivers, or from underground wells. By means of pumps and a system of canals the water is brought to the highest part of the fields. Low levees, or embankments, are constructed throughout the fields, chiefly with the plow, so that the water can be maintained at a uniform depth through the different portions of the field. This depth should be from three to six inches. The water is applied when the plants are about eight inches high, and a constant circulation of the water is maintained by a continu...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781236081315
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 104
  • Spine Width: 6 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1236081315
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 200 gr

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