The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-12-26

dirt to it with a sweep. The rice will
soon be independent Of any grass that
may come up, and the crop easily kept
clean.
It is best to plant about the first of
April, lit will, however, do very well to
plant in the month of May,) putting in
about one bushel to the acre.
Rice intended for table use should not
be harvested until thoroughly ripe, which
is about the last Of August. 1t may be
cut with common reap hook let it be
tied in bundles Of convenient size, and
thrashed out by taking bundle at a
time and bring the grain end one or two
good raps across barrel or log, having
q sheet spread out on the ground to
catch the grain. There is always more
or less of the grain not fully matured
which shonld be left on the straw for
stock, as it is too soft to hull. One or
two good raps will be sufficient to get
all the matured rice. The straw should
be preserved as it is valuable food for
stock in winter. I would remark here
that quart of rough rice once week to
e horse will keep him healthy, and have
been creditably informed that little
thrown to hogs occasionally will prevent
cholera and other diseases.
AS to the mode and machinery used
for hulling the grain and preparing it
for table use, have this to say: There
are but two processes known or used;
one is securing or rubbing; the other
pounding or pestling. The machine
constructed upon the rubbing principle
is not durable and will not remove the
inner coating. Not durable because the
husks of rice, being more like sand paper
than anything else it could be compared
to, soon wears it out. The machine con.
structed upon the pounding principle
removes both the outer and inner coat.
ing, Tor hulls,) and if made of good
material is very durable. The machin.
cry used in our large rice mills is very
expensive, hence it cannot be adopted
by the people to clean rice at home for
their own use, and it will not pay to
send the whole crop 10 large mills paying
toll and freight both ways, besides losing
the greater portion ofthe rice before it
can be consumed. Rice is 8 delicate
grain, and will soou must or be attacked
by insects after it is hulled, but may be
kept perfectly sweet in the rough for two
or three years. On account of the trou.
BILE and expense of shipping it off to
have it cleaned, as we'll as the loss sus.
tained from spelling, and the old process
of beating it by hand in the common
mortar being loo slow and laborous, but
few Of our people raise it. Owing to
these facts, the idea was suggested to me
of perfecting some simple, cheap and
durable contrirance for this purpose. I
worked at it about two years before l
succeeded in perfscting a machine that
would answer the purpose. Isoon found
that nothing upon the rubbing princi-
pie would do as the machine (for reasons
already given) would soon wear out and
be worthless. I finally concluded to take
the principle of the old hand mortar and
pestle as starting point, and endeavor
to utilize it so as to reduce the time and
labor, and am happy TO say that have
succeeded in periectiag machine upon
the pounding principle that does the
work we'll, removing the inner as we'll as
the outer hull, that can be bought for s25.
AS an evidence of its success would say
that I buy rough rice, hull it on the
hand machine myself, giving my family
all they want at 3 cost the cleaned rice)
of less than three cents per pound, and
it is sweeter than that usually found in
store. III raised the grain taking cut
the value of the straw as food for cattle
and mules in winter would consider
that it cost rue nothing.-Southerp Cult
GATOR.