INDEX 



309 



Barnes and Company, 0. J., and 

 Marquis wheat, 161. 



Basques, cultivate einkorn and 

 emmer, 295. 



Bawlf, W. R., on Dominion con- 

 trol of grain trade, 129. 



Bayah wheat, in Australia, 259. 



Bearded Fife wheat, 149. 



Beef, price of, in 1826, 19. 



Belgian Relief Commisson, pur- 

 chase of wheat for, 124. 



Belgium, and Marquis wheat, 

 228. 



Bell, C. N., on Passenger pig- 

 eons in Manitoba, 4-5 ; on 

 weeds introduced with seed- 

 wheat in 1820, 13. 



Berg, Jacob, and origin of Min- 

 nesota No. 23 corn, 188. 



Berlin, and the wild wheat, 286, 

 287, 289. 



Bermann, M,, and the wild 

 wheat, 287. 



Beyerinck, wheat hybrids of, 296. 



Biffin, R. H., on rust-resisting 

 wheats in England, 179. 



Birchard, F. J., and the Domin- 

 ion Grain Research Labora- 

 tory, 102-104; and the Pan- 

 ama Canal, 52-53. 



Birds, injury of crops by, 4. 



Birtle, and Marquis wheat, 174. 



Black Sea, and Red Fife wheat, 

 210. 



Black, W. J., on corn grown in 

 Manitoba, 189. 



Bloody Flux disease, 26-27. 



Bluestem wheat, and Marquis in 

 U. S. A., 164; and natural 

 crossing with, 266-267; and 

 Quality wheat, 236; and rust 

 disease, 180; and shelling, 

 187; and time of ripening, 

 175; classification of, 292; im- 

 provement of, by Haynes, 224- 



225; in Canada, 180; in Min- 

 nesota, 163; mixed in North 

 Dakota, 162; percentage in 

 crop, 167-169; replacement by 

 Marquis in Minnesota, 246- 

 248; yield of, in the United 

 States, 193-196. 



Board of Grain Commissioners, 

 and Board of Grain Supervis- 

 ors, 127; and Dominion Grain 

 Research Laboratory, 102; and 

 rules of Winnipeg Survey 

 Board, 97 ; and weighing grain, 

 100; appoints Grain Standards 

 Board, 104; when created, 68, 



Board of Grain Supervisors, con- 

 stitution of, 127-128; func- 

 tions of, 127 ; prices fixed by, 

 92 ; regulates export of wheat, 

 129. 



Boats, number of, in Selkirk set- 

 tlement in 1849, 27. 



Bobs wheat, origin of, 259-260; 

 sold by Seager Wheeler, 270; 

 studied by John Bracken, 270- 

 271. 



Bolley, H. L., estimate of Mar- 

 quis wheat grown in North 

 Dakota, 161; inspects Cana- 

 dian fields of Marquis, 159; ou 

 the shelling of Bluestem wheat, 

 197. 



Bornmiiller, failed to find wild 

 wheat, 287. 



Boss, Andrew, discovers early- 

 ripening corn varieties, 187- 

 188; on Marquis wheat, 162; 

 on Northwestern Dent corn, 

 190. 



Boston, export of wheat from, 

 50-51. 



Box-cars, for transporting wheat, 

 57-59; emptying of, at termi- 

 nal elevators, 52 ; how contents 

 are known, 83; numbers upon. 



