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embedded in a sun-dried brick from one of the Egyptian 

 Pyramids lielieved to l)e over five thousand years old. Cer- 

 tain prehistoric remains of the Lake Dwellers in Switzerland 



Fig. 8. — Wheat {Triticum tiativinn. Grass Family, Graminccc). X plant and 

 flower-cluster of bearded wheat, a flower-cluster of beardless or "club" 

 wheat, a piece of the zig-zag rachis, a spikelet, a flower, and a kernel. 

 (Baillon.) 



show that wheat, barley, oats, and rye were in use among the 

 ruder peoples of Europe, centuries before the Christian Era. 

 The Chinese have record of the cultivation of rice in their 

 country more than four thousand years ago. Until recent 



