Show value of wheat revealed in early biblical times wheat has been the most important cereal in international commerce since biblical times says the national geographic society cheats Wh eats supremacy has endured throughout history the society reported since biblical days when hiram king of tyre sent timber of cedar and fir for king solomons temple at jerusalem in barter for measures of wheat stock tickers on modern exchanges record the same transaction for which jacobs 10 sons journeyed from israels famine to egypto ever normal granary established by their brother prime minister joseph wheat called king of cereals is simply grass gone handsomely to seed each flower packs all available earths foods and suns energy into its fruitage of golden nuggets the ripe grains are in fact seeds cunningly stored with food for the coming winter the society in the first of a series of reports on commodities common and uncommon said development of american wheat resources and the machinery to harvest vast tracts gave the world its first inexpensive wheat before american mass production dropped the price of wheat only the rich could aff afford ord wheat bread the masses ate black bread of barley or rye As american inventiveness gave large scale planting a sudden impetus the report said the winning of the western plains gave it a place minnesota earned the official nickname of the wheat state |