. Hale's history of agriculture by dates. A simple record of historical events and victories of peaceful industries . seven-years famine, as foretold by Joseph10 Pharaoh. .d Joseph gathered corn asthe sand of the sea. very much, until heleft numbering; for it was withoutnumber. 1700 B. C.—.Toi^eph gave the Egyptiansbread in exchange for horses. First men-lion of the horse in the .Scriptures. 1500 B. C.—^A tomb in Eigypt probablybuilt about this time bears a painting whichshows the various operations connected withharvesting the grain. 1491 B. C.—And the flax and the barleywas smitten, for the
. Hale's history of agriculture by dates. A simple record of historical events and victories of peaceful industries . seven-years famine, as foretold by Joseph10 Pharaoh. .d Joseph gathered corn asthe sand of the sea. very much, until heleft numbering; for it was withoutnumber. 1700 B. C.—.Toi^eph gave the Egyptiansbread in exchange for horses. First men-lion of the horse in the .Scriptures. 1500 B. C.—^A tomb in Eigypt probablybuilt about this time bears a painting whichshows the various operations connected withharvesting the grain. 1491 B. C.—And the flax and the barleywas smitten, for the barley was in the earand the flax wag boiled. But the wheat andrie were not smitten, for they were notgrown up. 1490 B. C.— And every oblation of thymeat offering shalt thou season with salt.* * * With all thine offerings thou shaltoffer salt. 1471 B. C.—^Speak unto the children that they bring thee a red heiferwithout spot, wherein is no blemish andupon which never came yoke. 1451 B. C.—^A land of wheat, and barley,and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates;a land of oil olive and FAT RtTMPFD SHLCP — Accoiding tothe earliest authentic accounts the flocks ofthe shepherds were of the fat-rumped breed. This is particularly sheep and found in Palestine inlarger numbers than any other breed. It isalso found in purest strain in the greatTartary of Russia. It is known as thelargest breed of the unimiproved illustration is from a book entitledThe American Shepherd, edited in 1843by L. A. Morrell. Several other illustrationsare from the same volume. 1430 B. C.—Thothmes, III., greates^t ofthe Egyptian kings, left a papyrus recordof his contest of Mesopotamia, in Asia, andpriding himself upon obtaining the racingliorsc and introducing him into Egypt. 1400 B. C.^—Fowls, the oldest recorded ofour domestic , were introduced intoChina about this time. An ancient Chineseauthority : Fowls are creatures of theWes
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