WHEAT FROM OLD TOMB
GROWING IN A GARDEN. At the farm of Mr. Harry Beachell, at Holme Wood, East Yorkshire, wheat, taken from a tomb in India 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 are growing. In addition, there is about four times the quantity of wheat on each ear 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. He asked me to grow them to see the results, so I 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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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 199, 23 August 1934, Page 10
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