Mummy Wheat.
Successfully Grown in Dunedin. (Special to the *‘ Star/') DUNEDIN, This Day. mummy wheat can be satisfactorily grown in Dunedin is proved by a local resident. Last autumn he imported from England a parcel of seed grown from wheat found in an Indian tomb, propagated by the Indian Government, and thus introduced commercially. This seed, sown at St Clair, has produced a crop now Git high, full of ears that are not only in the heads but well down the stalks. These ears are nearly twice the size or ordinary wheat and bearded like barley. This faultless result is not brought about by special treatment. The soil is not peculiarly treated and evidently the plants are quite happy under ordinary conditions. The experiment is not in the nature of a plaything. The Indian Government, alter practical trials, affirms that this mummy wheat produces flour that makes good bread.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20476, 30 November 1934, Page 6
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149Mummy Wheat. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20476, 30 November 1934, Page 6
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