The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-11-29

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EsitVtp has ~prtsonfed 20 the south
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Museum Itniiaise for irs Anseiss.
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III 4 recent number OF Natural
History there ore two contributions
- much inleresi Ia the southwest
enc ~ hy charles VI. Mead a.
"sndian gs@rn.~ which prior "a the
discover Of America was unknown IN
f.Arcre. The exact iocation % the
origin according 20 the author. j.
vncsffaio n has usually boon as-
efibcd 20 the hlrhiands % Peru. hut
recent studies indicate that a. MAY
have developed from wild grasses In
ihA Maya region in Central Ameflca.
Ia fhe Peruvian collections of the
Amrllcan Museum of Saturai History
NcN York Cify. nge found , or 10
different varieties thai were r-coe
eFs-i from hurinl mounds. of curse
the storiee that have been told ~ the
piantinE Of corn taken from the eiNtfl
dwellings arr merely fiction. a. the
germ In any nlant seed will die be-
Yand revival after q few years. The
late A. ~ Bandelier Of santa -
whne collecting In Bolivia c~Scayat'-d
an Ingenious corr mill. thus far
funnd only in that portion Of south
America. II consists OF a fflt rtonr
unon which the corn was placed and
q large. heavr Nat stone watch had
been rounded on It's grinding edge
The grinding edge was SCI on t.e|
corn and the work 0 ny " simply
rocking the stone back and foffh.
Mrs Bandeiier. who was ssh hiia.
round thar this sort Of mill would
grind coffee very well. Mr. Mead
Describes various wars ia which the
Indians prepared maize FOR FOOD,
Thcr also made a sort ~ beer from
-. The grains were Eraited in water
mill they ~sprouted. They were tken
ground. boiled. and stored away unh
fermentation set in When the PeruN-
iaas wished 20 make n particularly
b, the old ome instead OF heing
Nround between two stonea. The
other article Il BY Henry NJ. sieecc,
aud Describes Corn Culture AnonL|
the Indians Of the Southwest The
article u Illustrated with pictures
taken In the Los AlamoE canyon nea
santa Re, at Zuni. lacuna. San Feiips.
among the Hops. and on IA Navajo
reservation. The writer qnoies Cast
aneda. Bcnavidez. and Others 10 show
the great extent to which corn was
cultivated when the spanfards first
Invaded What is now New Mexico.
The planting season begins about the
time Of the emergence Of the leaves
Of fhc cottonwood tree and the new
RfIrss n under a waxing moon
when the sZuni notices the new
growth OF the weed known ~ coyote
iehf, he fecft that the danger from
latr frost u past and corn planting
time u an hand. The Indian now
Foes 10 the Held accompanied BY mis-
wire, Sh. carries tho a Of seed
eorn carefully selected from the crsp
Of last year He has = straight
branch OF Efeasewood with one end
Slightly pointed or a stick about three
ffei ioag preferably q branch Of
psnon provided with = stun of a limb
projecting nj a right angle from
9 90 II inches above the point o.
blade. Selecting a sr,ot near the boz.
der OF the plot. he pushes his stick
into the randy soil 10 a depth Of
seNeral inches. taking car. 10 make
hut a small opening In order 20 pre-