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the grades in normal years, when there is open competi- 

 tion in buying and selling. The blanks in the table indi- 

 cate prices that were not fixed. 



Fixed Prices in Cents per Bushel, for the Crop Year 1918-19, 

 for Wheat in Store at Fort William or Port Arthur 



Straight 

 grades 



Tough 



Rejected 



on account 



of seeds 



Smutty 



No. 1 Northern . . . 

 No. 2 Northern. .. 

 No. 3 Northern. .. 



No. 4 Wheat 



No. 5 Wheat 



No. 6 Wheat 



2241/9 

 2211/2 

 2171/2 

 2111/2 

 1991/2 

 1901/2 



2I8I/2 

 2151/2 

 2091/2 



2141/2 

 2111/2 



2O6I/2 



2151/2 



2121/2 

 2O8I/2 



The difference in price between two grades is known 

 as the spread. From the above Table, it is clear that 

 the spread between the different grades is often consider- 

 able. Thus, in respect to the straight grades, the spread 

 is as follows : between 'No. 1 l^orthern and No. 2 Northern, 

 3 cents per bushel ; between jSTo. 3 Northern and No. 2 

 Northern, 4 cents ; between No. 4 Wheat and I^o. 3 North- 

 ern, 6 cents ; between No. 5 Wheat and No. 4 Wheat, 12 

 cents; and between No. 6 Wheat and No. 5, 9 cents per 

 bushel. The spread between No. 6 Wheat and No. 1 

 Northern in the straight grades amounts to 34 cents per 

 bushel. The grades thus very materially affect the price 

 which the fanner gets for his wheat, and it is not there- 

 fore surprising that grades and grading are subjects in 

 which he is keenly interested. 



XVIII. Inspection at Terminal Elevators 



One of the chief objects in grading grain is to classify 

 the grain for bulk storage in the terminal elevators. The 



