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INDEX 



Fort Abercrombie, and transport 



of flour, 29. 

 Fort vSimpson, Ladoga wheat 



grown at, 181. 

 Fort Vermilion, amount of wheat 

 grown at, 183; Ladoga wheat 

 grown at, 181. 

 Fort William, and east-bound 

 wheat traffic, 49^50 ; and 

 futures in wheat, 1 33 ; and 

 loading platforms, 54 ; arrival 

 at, of wheat from Fort Ver- 

 milion, 183; clearance of wheat 

 cargoes, 66-67; farmers' ele- 

 vators at, 142; financing of 

 crops to and from, 132; fixed 

 prices of wheat at, 128-129 ; 

 flour mills at, 134, 135; geo- 

 graphical position of, 108-109; 

 grain doors removed at, 59; 

 inspection of grain at, 78 ; offi- 

 cial weighing at, 100; over- 

 filled cars sent to, 87; price of 

 wheat in store at, 93 ; sample 

 room at, 69-70; terminal ele- 

 vators at, description of, 60- 

 65 ; trains leaving Winnipeg 

 for, 84 ; weighing and dockage, 

 82; wheat bought stored at, 

 112-113. 



Fortyfold wheat, and Marquis, 

 165. 



France, and Marquis wheat, 112- 

 113, 228; purchase of wheat 

 for, 124. 



Fraser, J. D., inspector of wheat, 

 77. 



Fraser wheat, and parentage of 

 Prelude, 186. 



Free Press corn, ripening of, 190. 



Frost, and early-ripening wheats, 

 155, 175-17G; and wheat-breed- 

 ing in Canada, 146; danger of, 

 in early fall to wheat, 43, 48; 

 dates of, in autumn, 180; 



frosted wheat kernels, 71; kills 

 Turkey wheat, 166. 



Fruits, improvement of, 145. 



Fur trade, and the Selkirk Settle- 

 ment, 5 ; through the Hudson 

 Bay, 51. 



Future, the, of Marquis wheat, 

 223-228. 



Future trading, developed by 

 grain exchanges, 118; benefits 

 of, 133. 



Future trading in wheat, ex- 

 planation of, 109-110; facili- 

 ties for, taken away at Winni- 

 peg, 122 ; prohibited in the 

 United States, 126. 



Futures, and the work of elevator 

 companies, 133. 



G. 



Gage, J. C, on a crisis at the 

 Winnipeg Grain Exchange, 

 122-125; on effect of war on 

 the grain trade, 120. 



Galicia, and origin of Red Fife 

 wheat, 209. 



Galician wheat, resembles Red 

 Fife, 208-210. 



Gallipoli Peninsula, dysentery at, 

 27. 



Gambling on wheat, investiga- 

 tion of, 121, 125. 



Garlach, Paul, wins a prize for 

 wheat, 173. 



Gasolene engine, on the farm, 

 138-139. 



Gehun wheat, and parentage of 

 Ruby and Prelude, 186. 



Genealogical trees of Marquis, 

 Ruby, and Prelude wheats, 185. 



Genesee, Marquis wheat at, 165. 



Genoa wheat, in Australia, 259. 



Geographical position of the 



