| Show I FACTS ABOUT CEIIEALS The flrl ancient author to mention rye A tllny There are aid to bo over C03 r rlellet of wheat The earliest mention of tints In Chin U In A I I HIS Millet It I prehlttorle In South Ku rope KiyptnndAila Oatk woro not known to the lie brew or the lf pliant Maine hat been found In tho moil indent Peruvian toinbi Ilarlny tt I funnel menlloned on oho eurllett Cgyptlan monnmeiit htarch licat gronn In Switzerland Switzer-land hat two grulnt to each cur los Is I Mid to be the itaplo food nf nearly oitohalf of the linmnn race The peatantt ot Germany Si > eden anil Uuttla subsist almutt wholly on rya bread Japan hat developed a variety of inalio with leaves beautifully striped with while Sorghum la I mentioned hy Ill I asa as-a favorite grain In Kjypt whoro It 1 is now known at the dourra Whet wai cultivated In China I C TOO and at that date was deemed the direct gift of the gala brains of wheat have been found In the tun dried bricks ollypt soul Nineveh dating from at leant It C 3300 Spelt Is I nol an ancient grain there U no bantcrlt Dma for I neither the Indlant Chinese nor IertUnt knew Sly thing of It There lea miniature Indian corn 1 liratll The ears urn tut Q nOwll n Iru larger than a little tlngir and too gralnt are the silo ol rauitard seed Illce li nol mentioned In lie old leitameut and only onto or Style In Shun Talmud It N I nol found In 1 gyp tlau Minis al u data prior lolL C 100 tn It It I bellrtcd by botunhlt thai iheat rye and barley went all diva opal from the name ipeelet of grass by variation In climate or In tho mode of cultivation Ke It old to bj one ot She moil modern of grain It nat not ancient I known to tho liirypllant no nation hat a name for It before hot I I days ho-t uf the unman empire |
