Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-10-31


EGYPTIAN ARCnEOLoGY Ap.
PLiED 10 ;AGR1CULTURE.--rbe
uh'Sersality Of the application Of NiIotic
researches is aptly exemplified 10 In.
,o''o"ing extract from the Leeds Eng. T,
Mercury.
WHEAr TIRES THOUSAND YEARS o,n
rou, ycass ago, friend Of the Earl of
haouington having OCCASION TO unrolI
a" Ely piian nun.nJ, was surprised TO
hna lew grains oil wheat enclosed
a'ong with the cody; an having made
= present Ia his I.nrdship's Countess ef
Jour seeds, IL was sent TO mis- Lordshi,,s
msgnific, mt seat at birmingham. in East
lothian, aud sown in a favorable spot in
the garden, on the first OF Nov. 1912
through the kindness of his Lordship's
"onhy and excellent gardener, Mr.
Toru. we nave been favored with a sight
oil the produce of these highly interest
ing seeds. and as rather an imperfect
account OF them has appeared in con
temporary, venture To lay before GU
readers the following brief description
Of them.
Although there may be nearly hun
drej stalks, ranging in length from near.
~ hve 10 upwards Of six feet, the leaves
are-0roader than usual and fully an ave
rage as 10 length. The grain is in two
rows or triplets, and one or two that u o
counted contained twenty triplets on n
side or forty on the ear. the ear con.
taIns Few barbs or awns on he upper
end, and is open and distant between
the grains. IL lowered nearly a fort.
night before any OF the varieties sown
at The same period in the neighborinp
ncids. few grains OF the modern
egyptian wheat were sown along with
u, ana certainly no two articles can be
more entirely dlss;milar. The modern
is uwar-not more than four feet hiub
closely set and barbed in every part
oil The ear, and its general resemblance
10 It's ancfent progeniior is not greater
IMAM That OF barley TO wheat II might
be needless TO add that Mr.. Ford looks
forward TO his harvest with infinite anx
iety, and 1t has cost him no little CA 10
protect them from he legion of an ioua
Ran blackbirds which 6eset il. trying
every opening IN the netting with which
In enclosed, seemingly determined al
Ill rlsks TO compare the food OF the an
cient binckblrds in Egypt with that Of
the modern ones in birmingham.
SCOTSMAN.
The other day IN one OF the rooms
Of the Derby Exhibition, We observed,
growing IN flower pots, several healthy
stalks Of Egyptian wheat approaching
to maturity OF tie appearance al
together OF the wheat, we could not sun
PLY a better that The preceding descrip>
lion. The seeds from which il was pro
duced. are said to be three thousand
years old, having been obtained under
The same singular circumstances as me
above Ed
With regard TO the wheat in this
mummy being actually 3OOO years old
we would remark, that the are Of the
mummy is indefinite. Naturalization
dates from times anterior to the pyra,
mlds down to the days of st. Augustine,
IN the hiih century after Christ. The
age of this wheat may be only 1900
years. Egyptian wheat found in the
iombs Of the 18Th Dynasty, i. e. from
b. Z. 1922 to B. c. l476-has eeymina.
ted W hen sowh in Germany. l. is fre-
quenily found in the tombs of Egypt.
as may DO seen on reference TO Sir j
u. WIlkinson's "Manners and Customs. {"
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