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Show WHEAT IS 4,000 YEARS OLD Came From Ruins in Egypt, But Is Kept In Texas In Hermetically-Sealed Hermetically-Sealed Jar. Dallas, Tex. Whon the lato John Cardwoll of Austin was United States consul at Cairo, Egypt, ho sent to his old friend, Col. F. P. Holland of Dal-Ins, Dal-Ins, a small quantity of wheat that ho had takon from tho tomb ot ono of tho ancient kings in nowly-oxplorcd ruins upon tho banks of the Nile. This wheat was known to bo moro than four thousand years old. The glaqs container which holds tho grain Is hermetically scaled. To all outward out-ward appearances tho wheat is Just as sound as tho day it was flayed from tho head In tho long ago, when tho earth waa Inhabited by a civilization, that Is now forgotten. Tho grains are plump and largo. "I havo been told that tho grains would probably germlnato If planted,, , but I havo nover tried any of them," Colonel Holland said. |