Rice Varieties And Their Yields In The United States 1939 50

Author : Jenkin W. Jones
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331398359
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (983 download)

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Download or read book Rice Varieties and Their Yields in the United States, 1939-50 (Classic Reprint) written by Jenkin W. Jones and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Rice Varieties and Their Yields in the United States, 1939-50 During the past 50 years more than varieties and selections of rice from various parts Of the world have been introduced into this country, largely by the United States Department of Agriculture. Most of the introductions were tested in cooperative experiments at the Rice Experiment Station, Crowley, La., and at the Biggs Rice Field Station, Biggs, Calif. A few of the varieties introduced and tested have proved to be well adapted. Cultivated rice varieties of the world are commonly grouped into upland and lowland types. Upland varieties are not irrigated and the land normally is not submerged during the growing season by the seasonal rainfall, which supplies the crop with moisture. Lowland varieties are normally grown on land submerged 2 to 8 inches deep by irrigation 01 rainfall during the greater part of the gi owing season. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.