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Richmond Enquirer
Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia
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Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse of Cambridge, Mass., contributed a paper to the Boston Palladium on cultivating mountain rice (Oryza Mutica) in New England. He obtained seeds from Persia 8-10 years ago, planting some in Massachusetts and sending others to President Jefferson, who had success in Georgia and Kentucky for family use.
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It appears that Mr. Jefferson had previously obtained the mountain rice from Africa--that it succeeded well in the hilly parts of Georgia and Kentucky, but was cultivated only for family use, and could not enter into competition with the rice of the swamps. Dr. W does not give the result of his experiments.
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succeeded well in hilly parts of georgia and kentucky for family use but could not compete with swamp rice; no results given for dr. waterhouse's experiments.
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Dr. Waterhouse contributed a paper on rice culture in New England, describing mountain rice (Oryza Mutica) that grows on high grounds with common rains. 8-10 years ago, he obtained seeds from Persia, sowed half in Massachusetts, and sent half to President Jefferson, who had obtained similar rice from Africa.