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Title: one small city — two big storiesCanon EOS 20D

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10 acres of bamboo for pandas

(8356) [2006-09-10 06:53:56]

In order to keep two animals from hungry, Memphis Zoo leased 10 acres of land from Agricenter to cultivate six species of bamboo. At least three of these different species may be given to the pandas in any one day, but a total of more than 20 different bamboos grown here are tested for nutrition and palatability over the course of the project. This cultivation research is well cared by both Memphis Zoo’s and Mississippi State University staffs.

Title: Rice — my endless lesson /43/Canon EOS 20D

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Stuttgart, Arkansas

(8356) [2006-09-09 06:14:21]

This is Stuttgart in Arkansas, where residents claimed it is "Rice and Duck Capital of The World".

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Title: Rice — my endless lesson /34/Canon EOS 20D

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Shinpei Mykawa's tomb

(8356) [2006-08-23 05:47:32]

This is the plot in Houston's Hollywood Cemetery of Shinpei Mykawa — the man who introduced rice farming to Houston, and died under his thresher.

Title: Rice — my endless lesson /31/Nikon D100

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Unloading rice from combine to auger

(8356) [2006-08-18 05:32:58]

When the combine’s grain tank is full of rice, the computer in operator’s compartment would indicate, and rice will be transferred via a spout to the auger that will unload to the trailer waiting outside of the field, for final delivery to storage.

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Ratoon Rice

(8356) [2006-08-18 05:01:35]

Farmer Gary Skalicky of Ganado, Texas patiently explained to me the benefit of “ratoon”. Ratooning — the practice of harvesting grain from tillers originating from the stubble of a previously harvested crop (main crop), enhances rice grain yields without increasing land area because it provides higher resource use efficiency per unit of land area and per unit of time.

Even though ratoon rice is a source of additional income, an adequate harvesting system of the main crop is necessary to make it economically viable.

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Title: Rice — my endless lesson /30/Canon EOS 10D

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Hani minority people

(8356) [2006-08-17 03:44:03]

This Hani minority girl was playing "mouse-and-cat" behind the earth mounds with her siblings during their help to parent over the farming work outside Qingkou Tribe.
She was shy to stranger, and "allergic" to camera. She was trying to get away from my lens but I was lucky to be a second or two ahead.

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Title: Rice — my endless lesson /29/Nikon D100

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Stuttgart, AR 72160

(8356) [2006-08-16 04:57:58]

Stuttgart, Arkansas — “The duck and rice capital of the world”.

Title: Rice — my endless lesson /27/Nikon D100

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Harvesting in Vietnam

(8356) [2006-08-14 04:00:45]

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In Vietnam, farmers harvest manually: one hand accumulating a panicle stem by stem to proper size and hold it, another hand cutting off the stalks with a sickle, 10 cm below the panicle so as to leave straw in the field in amounts large enough to produce grazing for cattle. In order to perform the task, they bend down whole day long, and focus their vision on the area less than one-yard radius. To harvest large area with sickles is the required time remains high: 100 to 200 man-hours per ha for cutting and stocking.

Not only Vietnam suffers loss of seed production, the country also takes the toll for heavy losses during rice harvest, as recently pointed out by Former PM Võ Văn Kiệt: ”The heavy loss and poor quality of Vietnamese rice is also a result of poor application of machines in agricultural production.”

[Photo taken in 03-09-2005 in Mekong Delta, Vietnam]
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China, TX 77613

(8356) [2006-08-14 03:55:14]

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China is on U.S. Highway 90 ten miles west of Beaumont in northwestern Jefferson County. The Texas and New Orleans Railroad was completed through the area in 1860, and a water stop was established amidst a grove of chinaberry trees near the community's present location; the stop was dubbed China Grove. A post office by that name was authorized in March 1887 but was discontinued within two months. Another office, using the shorter name China, was established in 1893.

Agriculture provided the community with its economic lifeblood, and rice warehouses made it a center for the area's rice farmers. The South China oilfield, discovered in 1939, provided further growth. Although the community's population fell from an estimated 350 during the mid-1920s to 200 by the early 1950s, new discoveries of oil and natural gas at nearby oilfields in 1960, 1975, and 1980 brought new growth. In 1971 residents voted 118 to 88 in favor of incorporation. By the mid-1980s China had a population of 1,351 and eighteen businesses. In 1990 the population was 1,144, and in 2000 it was 1,112. (Source)

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Title: Rice — my endless lesson /25/Canon EOS 20D

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Low-flying of some 10 feet above field

(8356) [2006-08-09 04:53:22]

This is just an idea on how low cropdusters fly to perform their agriculture work.