FARMER PRODUCES BUMPER WHEAT CROP; SEEDS TAKEN FROM EGYPTIAN TOMB
Tacoma, Washington (JFK+50) On September 30, 1924, the Associated Press reports a local farmer, near Morton*, Washington State, "has just harvested a bumper crop** of wheat...taken from an Egyptian tomb."
F. S. Johnston acquired the seeds four years ago and this year had enough to plant fifteen acres. His crop netted 729 bushels.
AP describes the grain to be "white and very hard."
*Morton, Washington, settled in 1871, is named after Benjamin Harrison's Vice-President Levi P. Morton. Incorporated in 1913, the fire of July 1924 devastated the downtown district.
**a crop that yields an unusually productive harvest
SOURCE
"Egyptian Tomb Seed Produces Bumper Wheat Crop in U.S.," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., September 30, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
