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Show . uu ONE WHEAT GRAIN PRODUCES 322,000 VALLODOL1D, Spain, Dec 31 An experiment to show tho fecundity of u giaiu of wheat has Just been concluded con-cluded at tho official school of agriculture agri-culture heio with the lesult that ono grain produced in a year 322,000 grains At the end of July 100 grains wfro sown separately At tho end of September Sep-tember the grains had developed an average of 112 shoots each. These were cut and transplanted by tho end of October, each cutting furnished an acerago of eight shoots, which produced pro-duced 05 ears each, and each ear gavo an average of 50 grains. A .simple multiplication sum shows that each of the original graliui planted reproduced itself 12 by fi by C5 by 50. making a total of 322,000 grains. i |