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Rice

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Parent Issue
Day
19
Month
December
Year
1862
Copyright
Public Domain
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Rico is the favorito grain foor! of the peop'e of India; butajecept n Arruuun, and a fuw otlier distriutd in whiuh ft con.stitutes the chief and almt only arliclo uultivated, its use is eontined 61 tho rioher ul.ü'fts1 throughout ihe cotin try. Milist iionstitiitex the uhiel grainfood of 1 considerable portion of the paopla. ïn the last foor years the rsport nf rice fro.n India to diffrent countrie.has punifod in valué irmn L2 500,000 lo L3,500,000 üerliug. The Hvaraj{ annual export of riuo froin Arruuuh during the last eisfht years has beun - 'n Europo, 112.ÜJD lons; lo the E isi and luiiian portH, 4,000 tons. The wholesalc :icü o! rioo vuries considorably uccoiiliiii to the dmnutid; f"inier]y it Ciinld bu p iruhascd al (rtirn L2 10. t' L! 1-. the uní. TI10 average rute for the 1 ist ten yeara inay be sot down at L" ton. In coiwfiju'inoe of the risa in the prica, C'iina and o! hor Easu-rn eoun triüt) havo bweti nuaily diiven out oí tha mar kot. Thu Htirmoio reoóniso nearly a huridriid vaiiutius of iice; but the piinci pal diii o i iw lietween tl'e dl flora 1)1 feindattre as i'. ■llo.vs:- hard ((ruin, mu('l grain, flutii)oiis rice Tho ii.n.H.i;iiir s the hardeet raiii and is ih. rice wlrch is acoordinly shipi.od to E .ropo. The Meddo is ihe chief of the Eiofi-grnin Viiiielics. It is muoh pret .Tiüd by the B iimiicsu to the bard-grninod orín, and it i-s. certiiinty superior in tasie hoi bookad; bui the hurd gr lihed iice is chiilly purchased ly the iñraJianb ftir e.(iort, as it keps better, and the soft-grained riet is too niiich bioken by E tropean 111aohinery ii cleaninir LaUcrly, on ïhioontinont, this last ohjeclion appeais to have beefi ovuiooiie, und il ;icattr deinand is oonseq lonilv surin'm np lor the 'Mud lo lice for the inarkot of Eu rópe. The K 'iingnvenn or hill rice is callad gflIltinoUM licoby EnroDean-, froin ihu property i' possossus, when ismiked, nl the grauifl all adhering rn u tliick srlu tinous rnass. It is tile chitf article of fi)"d wil 11 the hül tri.'ios bat ia no( rnuuh eatnn by the inhubilnnta of ihe low, iwuinpy pluios, whyre (he uommon rice iá fjrown. The prioe of rice in tho husk, in Biinnali, is .aloiit L5 tho Ï00 baskets of 52 Ibs.; the onrtfo rice, L4 Ife. th 100 baskets of 02 Ibs; and of cleaned rice, L■' lOs. the 100 bakets o! 70 Ib. Ri:e is nsed ris food fr man, beast and bird, for the inannf HUturu ol starch. disiill ,tion "f H pi ritu, &c. lts varielies are us nnmerousas iu uses - fie Londun Grocer. - -- -Wtf ► ►- ÍPST 'lc 'vi " 8ll " -i" Limdon is eolil ly n render who gnon" ubont 'luBtreep lieuriiiíí u hancUorne niurncon box. He cris :is he ííohs:. "Who antV tö seo a ginilli'H htüid, prioe imly one penny '" Niiinhwit pay the penny, look in, and roar with hiuglp, The bottom of tho box F a inirror, Iho gorilla's haacl a the noe on the looker' shouldpr?.

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Michigan Argus