Show Saw Possibilities in I Tiny i y Stalk 1 of Wheat In th tin tho early eUlly Eighteenth century the congregation In a 11 small German village vii vil line lage J i realized that the bell hell in the church tower was so mull email its tones no lon longer el could coull be heard In the out out- out out- si skirls of the lown town A second bell hell wits tvis was wanted hut but the life lIIn poor 1001 villagers wore were I unable to lo obtain a sufficient amount to 10 bu buy It a n writer in the Kansas City it Star relates One Sunday In 1721 1 the thc schoolmaster ter tet noticed ed a tiny stalk stall of wheat growing grow tIOW In lug ing u the church wall will and way war suddenly impressed with the Id idea u that tills this stalk could be made malle to produce a u. u sc second c bell hII When the plant was ryas nii- nii lured and the rain aln ripened ho lie plucked the the six ix ads i 1 and sowed the In II Iii lal his g garden n After a year ear or jwo Iwo lie lui hind had not room enough for fOl the Hit entire urn Ott s lie ao-lie liC e divided J H d It t among lIllon the lire tIlI ICIS ICI'S lo 10 sowing sow sow- ing in jn until the h year Cal when the tIre crop Was us so O large that the sale of it produced ed It money oney to lH i purchase u a beautiful bell Jell for fol the tower to Today nearly two centuries later the h bell ll s still In III use mie use b hours ars the thc Imago image of ff a headed six of s stall jalk wheat with the date of of its H birthday October 10 15 1720 1729 engraved ed upon It m- m |