INDEX 



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of Dawson's Golden Chaff 

 wheat, 224. 



Dawson City, and Prelude wheat, 

 184. 



Dawson's Golden Chaff wheat, a 

 mutation, 226. 



de Candolle, Alphonse, on the ori- 

 gin of wheat, 279. 



de Cow and Company, and seed 

 corn, 187. 



Delphino, on pollination of wheat 

 flowers, 301-302. 



Demeter, and the origin of wheat, 

 280-282. 



de Meuron soldiers, 19-20. 



de Vries, and dwarf Evening 

 Primrose, 226; and the muta- 

 tion theory, 229; on Burbank's 

 contribution to the California 

 fruit-growing industry, 231 ; 

 on Burbank's potato, 232; on 

 selection of cereals, 224. 



Dirigibles, possible future use of, 

 140. 



Disease, resistance to, of wheat, 

 226. 



Dissemination, of wheat, 294- 

 295. 



Dobbin, F. H., on the origin of 

 Red Fife wheat, 211-215. 



Dockage, setting of, 82, 88. 



Downy Riga wheat, and parent- 

 age of Ruby, 186. 



Drills, for sowing wheat, 45. 



Drought, and wheat-growing, 48. 



Duluth, and export of Red Fife 

 in 1876, 30, 216; and Winnipeg 

 Grain Exchange, 105; cars in- 

 spected at, 91 ; grading system 

 at, 69 ; inspection of grain at, 

 78. 



Dunvegan, and Ladoga wheat, 

 181. 



Durum wheat, and wild wheat, 

 289 ; classification of, 292 ; in 



tombs in Egypt, 298; in west- 

 ern Canada, 42; percentage in 

 crop of, 167-169; yield of, in 

 the United States, 193-196. 



Dwarf Marquis wheat, origin of, 

 225; a mutation, 226. 



Dysentery, in the Red River Set- 

 tlement, 27. 



E. 



Earliness in wheat, and frost, 

 180-183; and gain of working- 

 time, 175-176; and rust, 176- 

 180; and storms, 176; difficulty 

 of combining high yield with, 

 185; of Marquis, 154-155; of 

 Marquis and Red Fife, 175; of 

 Marquis and Prelude, 184; of 

 Red Bobs, Marquis, and 

 Kitchener, 270. 



Early Java wheat, and Preston, 

 149. 



Early Red Fife wheat, a muta- 

 tion, 226; and parentage of 

 Red Bobs, 262, 263, 267-268; 

 grown by Seager Wheeler, 262, 

 274. 



Early Riga wheat at Fort Ver- 

 milion, 183. 



Early-ripening corn varieties, 

 187-188. 



Edgar, W. C, on a revolution in 

 the milling industry, 31. 



Edmonton, Dimvegan, and Brit- 

 ish Columbia Railway, 181, 183. 



Edmonton, wheat shipped 

 through, 183. 



Education, cost of, and Marquis 

 wheat, 256. 



Eggs of wheat-plants, fertiliza- 

 tion of, 219-220. 



Egyptians, and the origin of 

 wheat, 280. 



