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INDEX 



Apples, hardy, for the North-' 



west, 145. 

 Arabia, a wild wheat possibly 



grows in, 298. 

 Arctic circle, wheat-growing 



near, 181-182. 

 Argentina, wheat crop of, 38, 39, 



40; lack of wheat surplus, 123. 

 Aristotle, mentions rust disease, 



283, 

 Arkangelsk, and wheat-growing, 



182. 

 Arkenasy, on elongation of stam- 



inal filaments of wheat, 304. 

 Amy, A. C, comparison of Min- 

 nesota wheats by ( Figs. 29, 30, 



31), 166, 170, 171; on yield of 



Marquis, 192. 

 Arny, wild wheat found at, 289. 

 Arthur pea, 240-241. 

 Ascherson, Professor, and the 



wild wheat, 286. 

 Athens and agriculture, 281. 

 Atlantic Ocean, and Marquis 



wheat, 158; and the Panama 



Canal, 53. 

 Australia, and white wheats, 



260; export of wheat from, 



hindered during war, 123; 



Farrer's wheat-breeding work 



in, 259-260; wheat eaten in, 



306; wheat exported in bags 



from, 52 ; wheat varieties from, 



146. 

 Avena elatior, time of pollination 



of, 305. 

 Awns, of Marquis wheat, 223; of 



wild wheat, 288. 



B 



Babylonia, wheat of, 279. 

 Bactrians, cultivated einkorn 

 and emmer, 296. 



Bailey, C. H., comparison of 

 Minnesota wheat by (Figs. 29, 

 30, 31), 166, 170, 171; milling 

 and baking tests, 203 ; on Mar- 

 quis in Montana, 166; on Mar- 

 quis in the Pacific Xorth-west, 

 165; on quality in wheat, 198- 

 199. 



Baking oven, electric, for experi- 

 ments, 103. 



Baking strength of flour, 199- 

 200. 



Balansa, discovered wild einkorn, 

 296. 



Baldwin Flour Mills and Mar- 

 quis wheat, 161. 



Ball, C. R., on percentage of 

 Marquis in the wheat crop, 

 251. 



Ball, C. R. and J. A. Clark, de- 

 scribe Marquis wheat, 171- 

 172; experiments with Mar- 

 quis, 203-204; on geography of 

 Marquis, 164 ; on increase of 

 Marquis, 168; on Marquis 

 crops, 160; on Marquis west of 

 the Rocky Mountains, 166; 

 on Preston wheat 149; on 

 yield of Marquis, 204. 



Baltimore, export of wheat from, 

 50-51. 



Banks, and grain exchanges, 

 119; finance crop movements, 

 130-134; importance of, 133. 



Barley, and a distillery, 18; evo- 

 lution of, 294-295; foimd at 

 Troy, 297 ; improvements of, 

 239-240; in 1813 in Selkirk 

 settlement, 4; in 1822, in cen- 

 sus, 16; origin of, 285; time 

 of pollination of, 305 ; sown 

 in 1816, 7; wild species in 

 Manitoba, dissemination of, 

 294; wild species in Palestine, 

 286. 



