 Ceres was credited with the discovery of spelt wheat (Latin "far"), the yoking of oxen and ploughing, the sowing, protection and nourishing of the young seed, and the gift of agriculture to humankind; before this, it was said, man had subsisted on acorns, and wandered without settlement or laws.She had the power to fertilize, multiply and fructify plant and animal seed, and her laws and rites protected all activities of the agricultural cycle.In January, Ceres was offered spelt wheat and a pregnant sow, along with the earth-goddess Tellus, at the movable "Feriae Sementivae".