Upland or white rice is coming rapidly
forward as a profitable crop for poor pine
land. Mr. Peters, of Lautey, La., says
The Sugar Bowl, is raising this crop suc
cessfully on very thin, poor land. H*
sows the seed from May to July, it re
quires a summer heat to germinate, and if
sowed earlier than May often fails to
come up. Mr. Peters prefers the virgin
soil, it is one of the tew crops that bring
good results on poor pine land the first
year. The land is broken by plow and
harrowed thoroughly, the seed is then
scattered broadcast, one and a half
bushels per acre and harrowed in. He
harvests it with a c.'tnmon grain cradle
in August and September, binding it in
tolerable small sheaves. This is in order
to let it cure quicker, since the summer
is the rainy season here, and any forage
crop needs to be housed or well stacked
at once. After being cut the rice sprouts
from the roots and affords good pastur
age at a time when the pittey woods
grasses are wary and dry. The cattle like
it, it gives a good milk flow and remains
fresh and green for three monttis.
