. Johnson & Musser Seed Co.'s catalogue of reliable seeds. Nursery stock California Los Angeles Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. 113 N MAIN ST,, LOS ANGELES 7 Pre-Historic Corn After Laying Buried 3,000 years the Seed of this Corn is Discovered and Gives to the Present Genera- tion the Best Connecting Link with the People who Inhahited our Country in the Distant Past. PRODUCES 2 TO 11 TO A STALK. EARS Averages four Good Ears Under Favorable Conditions. Capable of Yielding 250 BUSHELS PER ACRE. The introducer says of it: "In
. Johnson & Musser Seed Co.'s catalogue of reliable seeds. Nursery stock California Los Angeles Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. 113 N MAIN ST,, LOS ANGELES 7 Pre-Historic Corn After Laying Buried 3,000 years the Seed of this Corn is Discovered and Gives to the Present Genera- tion the Best Connecting Link with the People who Inhahited our Country in the Distant Past. PRODUCES 2 TO 11 TO A STALK. EARS Averages four Good Ears Under Favorable Conditions. Capable of Yielding 250 BUSHELS PER ACRE. The introducer says of it: "In giving a history of this corn we must go back in the far distant past, beyond the point where history, as now preserved, began, and by the remains that are frequently unearthed we find unmis- takable evidences of a vast population that swarmea over the country, and by the articles of their handiwork and hieroglyphieal writings we learn that they were engaged extensively in agri- cultural pursuits, manufactories and commerce. We are indebted to their belief, that after death the person needed food to sustain him and implements of warfare to hunt with while on his long journey to the beyond, hence they buried corn, arrows and other articles with the corpse. There are hundreds of burial mounds scattered over the country, plainly in view today, from some of which carloads of ancient relics have been taken. The pottery is absolutely imporous and indestructable by corrosion. Com-. amidst the decayed dust of human re- mains, placed there at least 3,000 years ago, fifteen feet under ground, the mound having ai'isen by successive layers of human remains, pottery, broken implements and earth, this corn was found. Here it had lain in perfect preservation, while the thousands of years rolled by, turning to earth again all human remains. Considering the composition of the vessel, the air ex- pelled and it securely sealed, we have the perfect condition for preservation. This is not the only
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