The morning call., 1891-03-01
THE CALLS &. ). +.
!. QUERY COLUMN.
Mode of. Cult7atihg The Rice. Plalt :. il
=.- America. /.
voyages Of the Clipper Starr King-Inyasion Of:
E Canada Governments of Algeria and. :.
= Egypt Pineapples in California, ~.

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f. Egypt Pineapples in california, ~: :.>-
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CULTIVATION OF RIcE-E. j. Trubody, !:
Cal: In general, rice grows like wheat.
Win stalk about four feet long, rather
more closely jointed than that of wheat and
win leaves like those OF the leek.- Several
stems form at the top bearing clusters of
grain, resembling those of wheat, each ter
mihatlng with beard and inclosed in
rough yellow husk, within which is the
seed of shining white color and almost
transparent. The stem of the common RE
OF the .Carolinas is sometimes six feet in
helght, the plant being an annual, flourish
ing best in low marshY grounds, Which can
be overf0wed. tide-water swamps being
particularly favorable Tor the crop, Though
there is species which grows upon dry
lands and the sides of mountains, such be-
| ing the rice raised in Virginia and some:
times in Maryland and known as the Coz
chln-China. However, the best lands for
the cultivation of rice are the alluyial
SWdmnS tho hanIyc nf rivnre n win o. a fippn
soil chiefly of decompOsed vegetable mat
ter and sosituated as to be Overtlowe by the
opening of tide-gates at any high tide. They
| must be above the salt or brackish water
| and below the reach of the freShets, so as
not to be flooded al unreasonable times. The
| land is prepared by thorough system OF
| embankments and bitches, SO laid out as to.
! form several Independent fields, limited In
size only by the number of hands that can
| be furnished, which must be sufficient. to
| finish in one day any one operation con-
nected with the culture, but usually con-
| sisting of from fourteen to twenty acres The
| bitches are of various dimensions, often as
| wide and deep rs five feet with the prince.
| pal one sometimes large enough#to be used
| as a canal for transportation between the
/ fields and the barns. Early in the winter
/ theland is either plowed or dug over with
| the hoe, and in the warm changes of the
/ weather. covered with water. In MaTchlt
! is kept dry, the drains are cleaned, the
] elods broken and the ground smoGthed off
with tire harrow or hoe and trenches made
for the:seed alright angles with the drains
i and from thirteen to fifteen Inches apart.
| The seed is scattered in these trenches in:
+ April or in May, and is sQwn: lightly. coy
Tered with earth, after Wl'Ch the water IS let
i In through me gates and kept upOnt tue lana iot
-four to six d8ySuntil the graiu swells aud begins
+ To spEout. The wafer IS let IN sec9nd time
i when the plants spieut and ap, ear IKE heeules
i alb owe tile ground. After standing from Tour 10
SIX DAYS on the sprouts the wafer is. drained. on
aud when the pTautis five To- six weeks old the
4 earth IS stirred Will hoe: TINS iSlepedteu- zen
days afterwdrd and wster-is again put on i0r
about two weeks deep for four days and e adll-
i ally diminishing. After tile water has. been
drawn of about eight days, and the field Is dry
tits hQed to good depth. On lie appearance
OF joint III the plant the land Is lightly noeQ
again and water is nut onto remain uHtll: the
gram Is nlatured, which may lie two months A
few days before cutting tile water Is run on ana
i the bitches are washed out by the succeeding
tide. The rice Is cut witl<a sickle aud carefully
laid across the high and timex sluOble 10 ury.
On the day after cutting and whrn.the dew Is
| of the rice Is bound In sleayes ana conVeyed=to
i Tie harvard where II is stacked lnsInail rcKs'
and when thoroughly cured put away In laI ge
! stacks each ndldlng enough TO make from 2UC
! rs IS done done % mills.
4 CLPPfR STARE KING-C. f. Won l., CITY. A
valued CyIEtSpoHuSHl Oh tHc u u, WHO is also aH
4 ineXhaustible source of information regarding
old-time shipping matters, has furnished the
following history of the Starr King mot STAR
. which, according TO him. was named after tile
4 young but deServedly popular reverend gentle
man Of The same name in full Thomas starr
King Who was pastor aitelwald OF the Unit&rlai
E: church OF. Stockton street, between Sacramento
and Clay, Tor many years thereafter on GeatS
street, near Stoc ton; aud now at tile corner o.
i Franklin, and GeaIy streets. The ship was al
. extfemc cltpuer, one ofthe -handsOmest in mode
and EeuetdL; appearance and a last Sailer; 2Ot
feet ioug, 80 beam, zig derth, III TONS. II e.
! frSt arrival in san Fl anctscO was on August 10
| 1854 ! Is daysfrUm BOs on; mad been Only -
days 10 tile eGuatoi passed staten Lana e+daS'
out WAS oil the Horn 'ddyslu llgnl WINDS, iant
of the coast of CaloinlaS days nfog, so lha
! her nun was a good one. She sailed from Sal
Francisco "a ugust 29th Tor Calla0, proceeding: Il
| Chincha Islands; loaded guanO aud sailed No
vember 24lh. putting into ST. Thomas
February /, 1906 struck on reef there while IN
i tering aud lost false keel; Arrived IN New \ OFF
| February 11lh. On second. voyage mere SIN
sailed from New York April "a, 1879, aud ar
rived IN san francisco august 23In IN ~,
days; had only q days to equator IN, Atlantic
81 days out passed the horn, aud crossed
The line on the Pacific "a day.; thence hence al a.
Francisco October ., 1856 and re
ported her arrival at Melbourne IN 40 day,
tthis is not positivelv verified; thence was 81
DAYS to Hong Kong. Claimed as the best Oh record
then. Returned to san Francisco, arriving JUNE
&c, 1886. in "A days from Hong Kong. Fourtl
| NONale-Shlltu
1856; arrived al Sydney prior 10 october ION
in about 60 days. thence arrived at Hong hont
December IAN, and returned TO san francisco
arriving December 4, 1887, In 90 days; whelhe
In rice trade or laid up the year she was In Chln;
| is not known. Fifth vOyage-Left San FIanctsc,
| January is. 1858; arrived at Valparaiso Marcel
| 18Th; then said TO have been IN rice and cooll
trade between China and Chile; again arrived II
San francisco May 20, 1860, 40 days from Hong
| Kong. Sixth voyage-Leit san francisco Jun'
| II, 1860; arrived 1T hong-kOng August TIN. It
40 days; thence went 10 New York, returning L
, San Francisco September 20. 1851 IN - DAYS
| passage Seventh aud last vOyage-Sailed iron
| San Francisco October 23. 1861, for AuSlralla
Via Puget Sound, where she loaded cargo c
t lumber ana arrived at Sydney February 10, 1862
thence TO Hong Kong. and from the latte
port left for Singapore In ballast. On Uni
=. voyage, In June, 1862. she stranded an'
sank OH Point Romania, the southeast extremit
OF the Malay Peninsula. Total loss. Value
} ship, $4,000. Her captains We're: Iurne
t from 1904 to 1879; Ellegy, 1883 to lsGl' an a,
| passages were ALI above the average aud SON
4 very last
= EGYPT's GOVERNMENTAL. NJ. s., City. {
T The regning Khedve OF Egypt is Mohame
Tewfk. (2) Egypt is a tributary State OF Il
l key aud the administration is carried Oh |
native Ministers, subject to the ruling OF II
Khedive. From 1879 TO 1888 two Controller
General appointed by France and England, HI
considerable powers in the direction OF the q
fairs OF the county, but in the summer OF lSS'
in consequence oil military rebellion, Englal
n Dterfered. subdued the rising and restored Il
Khedive's authority. France not having joins
EngIand's intervention the result was that
n January, 1888, the khedlye signed deer
!, aboshing the joint control, and In place lie a
e pointed on the recommendation OF England,
u English financial adviser, without whose co
y currence no final decision can be take
v He has right to seat IN the Cou
,; ell OF Ministers. but is not an eXecuti
officer. The Ministry is composed of six mel
l. bers and on May l, 1888. an organic law W
l. promulgated by tie khedlve creating a numb
,e of representative Institutions, based on I'll
V versa sutfr age, with view of carrying on Il
\ Government in a more constitutional manne
~ These include n legislative council, IL cOnServ
Ia tive body In matters OF legislation 10 which
le general laws are submitted for examination,
le upon whose advice the Government
not obliged 10 act, and the Genel
Assembly and Provincial Boards, whose iul
lions are also limited SUI, no new dire
~ personal land tax can be imposed Wi
VI out the consent of the General Assembly, VIII
lg has TO be summoned every two years Egg