The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-02-10
Upland Ilice.
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From The gsuih. Now York.

RON Inc south N'W FORK
Considerable attention is now being
directed to the culture of upland rice.
Until recently the erroneous opinion
generally prevailed that fioe could DO
r-uwfr -sucue1sfutiy -o;ily-iu low, wet
soils Although there nre numeroue
varieties of rice, it is practically diyi-
Aeliuto two kinds, the upland aud tho
lowland, or mountain rice, tho latter
being cultivated Ia the southern states.
In South Carolina, where upland
rico is commonly grown, and whore
he aoil is level, sandy and inclined to
moisture, q yield of three bushels Of
rice 70 ouo OF corn bus boen obtained
from The same field. In Alabama, level
uplauds with sandy loan, or stiff clay
lplahda, have produced crops beyond
ozpectation. Also, in many parts OF
Georgia, even in the Chattahoochee
Valley, 1000 feet above the sen level,
successful crops have been raised.
Now that the practioRbility aud the
profits OF upland rice culture have
1.ch demonstrated, ID is assuming an
Important place in agriculture.
OF all the cereal crops grown, there
Is perhaps no other that will give as
good returns for the small amount Of
sbor and expenses attending its Guilt
ration. 1t never has. been known to
ult and has fewer insect enemies than
my other cereal; and there is always a
.eady cash market for IL, either in tho
'ough or cleaned, which in the rice
Mills is worth about 81 % to S1,50 per
lpshol, and for seed rice 81 is tho usual
Price.
The profits oil rice culture whero it
lhs received proper attention have, in
nme cases, been 100 uCr cent on the
isDitai invested. Good paying crops
san be raised on any ~ tue ordinary
ande, pine OF hammock, wet or dry.
Very hno resulia. haye been obtained
IN tho new pine lands, and still betier
'rops on older lands. There are in
lolne parts Of Florida cultivatora OF
poor pine lands, who grow rica in Il
small way, harvesting irom twenty Ave
o hiiy buahola to the mere. On the
rich hammock lands nom sixty to
ninety bushels is net au unusual yield
nf rough rice, or rice la the hull.
IN many places lands that have boon
worthless for any other purpose have
produced a fair crop OF rice, shuts Civ
ing almost q clear gam, wien the entire
unfitnets tie land Tor anything else
10 taken into account, and the very
amall outlay for seed rice, and an in.
considerable amount for labor tho av.
erage yield being Aitegn hushels TO tho
acre, worth from rs ceuia TO q &
hushel.
The culture OF rice Is very oimple.
lt can bp town on tho lapd from which
the last years vegetable crop has been
harvested, OF in tho same hella with
corn, sugar cans or cotton, Rico needs
good cultivation tin e gcta we'll started
An growth, then ~ viii take caro- OF
Itself until harvest time, when it may
be cut and haadled much like wheat OF
plliiwgran lt 10 sold by thuao who
have hgi experience Va he business.
That rice can DO cultivated with much
lpsa cxncntc aud labor than cotton. and
oln be- gathered chosper Tho straw,
Vhon properly Mudltd, makes an ex.
celloft fodder Tor cutilo.
There arc thougand0 Of unroclaimed
ord Wltvcloped land 10 tho aouihorn
stsl4l particularly IA Louialana, who'll
would mHko tao yofy host kind N rioo
nR 4, that can 10 hal 40 The way ton,
~ r4aii 10 ~ aa Dor acre, whiah, vith
lailo axpanso aud preparation ooald
hs pala 10 yield luaEcaibia prdAia.