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it is small and causes larger grains of more value to be broken in milling. Though a field may contain only 10% red rice at harvest fully 99% of volunteer rice that comes up next year will be red rice.

Blackbirds, Redwings & Grackles, English Sparrow and a small brown "ground bird" pick up rice when sown so that care has to be taken to cover over grain when sown. Meadowlarks also suspected but nothing proven on them.

1200 acres — $100,000 per year.
160 x 40,000, offered 5900 loan

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