The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-20

Our historical knoxle3ss oz zz7ss<z &
more complese than thaz 81 s1r <>t;.>x
gram, for the resson that wheat EsE hss6
more largely ussd Tor knnzs1 focs7 {<<.
any other cereal, alkheueh kisEo<5s1S -
surs Us that barley uss used 81 = 1r5E;rE
n the infancy 81 the world lone kofoz1.
Wheat was cultivated for is fr6;k. TIA
Varieties OF wheat are almost nur,tesIe[=
and their characters vary .ide}< 16z5ss
the influence Of cultivation x.>@5 c1=rzzz.
Ihere are said 10 ba one hnz<z<a5 ss1'7
eighty distinct varieties il tka nsl<ssizzz
Of the Cornell universi<v. 3p Dc
slopes OF the mountains 81 1<<xiec go
Aalapa the luxurianee Of yetetsti5n 6
such that wheat does not form e<rs. Ts
Japan, It Is said, the wkses hzs hee4 IS
developed By the Japanese farmers hat.
no matter how mush manure s 15zez tk<s. !.
straw viii not grow Aresr, thoaeh he
length Of the ear incrsasse The hairhf
Is rarely more than zwo fset, and offrn
not more than twenty inches. Thron11,
selection, winter wheat has been chsnzsd
70 summer wheat Ia Tires years. e7l1
summer wheat converted ii 3hc same
time to winter wheat. In s6nef& uhaak
is the most esteemed of the cexesi rxo-
ductions, bat IN Ab7eziz1ia. according 70
Parkyns, the dnur of the stefz o. d.
gussa, scarcely pslasabIe e Eux0pssns, Il
preferred hy the natives % ether erzi1S-
Isis was supposed 20 have ;nfzo5uszd
wheat into Egypt, Demetex into orseee.
and the Emperor Chin Wong into China,
about 5000 B. @. In Europe i Hn1 sszz-
hyated before the period 1f hiss1xSs ee
samples have been recovered tf11a 5z<e
iacustrine dwellings Of sVifzef1al6z e
England it was probably moi cul5Ixs<
by the ancient Britons, but the A1Eze
Saxons, when Bede urote. carly a <Sz
eighth century, sowed their Hbszs t<xiT
N the spring, and in tho 6z7z q
Elizabeth its cultivation ms but par
Indeed, wheat was an erf3eIe q ecu1z
tive luxury till early Ia she zexszz eesezsas
century In India wheat seems 81 tc
native, but introduced, fox Is &<<z1t
name signiies food Of fhe hzeha<l4a
yet three varieties are mentzcned Il Ezz-
yaprakasa, one Of which, . large gE4szs,
is said TO have CONS from tie Nsszs I'D
another, small grained or beax1lses
wheat, is said to have been fndigenoaztc 70
Middle India.
The first wheat raised II DE sNsx
World" was sovn By Spsniax7z on ths
island Of Isabelle. IN January 1854 e1a
on March 30th the ears Wexa gathered.
The foundation Of the wheat harvest cI
Mexico is said to have been fhree o. zsur
grains carefully cuItivsted ii l6z0. and
preserved by slave Of Cortez. Tbs 6lst
crop of Quinto was raised By 3 Francis
can monk In front Of the conve1i. Gar
cilasso de Ii Vega afarms that in Peru,
mp to 15z7, wheasen-bread had not besn
sold at 0usco. Wheat uas fret sosn by
Gosnold Oh Cuttyhunk, one oz the Eliza
beth islands in Buzx2rde be4. Of
Massachusetts,, in 1902, when Be arst
explored the coast. In 1904, oa The
island of st. Croix, near Calais, he,
the Sleur de Monts had zsne wheat
sown, which fiourished finely In 1911
the first wheat appears te have been
sown in Virginia. In I626 samples Of
wheat grown In the Dutch colony at the
New Netherlands were sown n Holland.
It is probable that wheat wss soNn In the
Plymouth colony prior to 1923 .thouehw
find no record Of Il, and In 1879 Whssi
was ordered from England TO be used zs
seed. In 17IS wheat wes introduced int
the valley of the Mississippi By tie
Western Company. In 1909 i xss
among ..ae the esiilisti <aiissss 81 fns
Simos Indians Of the Gels river, NeW
Mexico.