WHEAT FROM OLD TOMB
GROWING IN A GARDEN At the farm of Mr. Harry Beachell, at Holme Wold, East Yorkshire, wheat, taken from a tomb in Inclia where it had been hidden for hundreds of years, has been planted and is growing, and from one corn grain no fewer than 13 ears of wheat aro growing. In addition, there is about four times the quantity of wheat, on eachsear as compared with good English wheat. Mr. Beachell, who is a member of the Council of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, and a well known East Riding farmer, said lately. " The wheat grains were given to me by a man from Bradford. They were taken from a tomb at Sind, in India, where they had been hidden for hundreds of years. Ho asked me to grow them to see the results, so 1 planted them in my garden. There were 20 wheat grains and only three germinated. There are no fewer than 13 ears of wheat from one grain."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21882, 18 August 1934, Page 3 (Supplement)
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167WHEAT FROM OLD TOMB New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21882, 18 August 1934, Page 3 (Supplement)
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