INDEX 



323 



known, 144; improvement of, 

 224; increased wealth brought 

 by, to Canada and United 

 States, 246-252; in the United 

 States, 158-170; introduction 

 of into western Canada, 157; 

 investigation of qualities of, 

 154-157; its blessings to the 

 world, 158 ; Kitchener the 

 product of, 275; milling and 

 baking qualities of, 198-204; 

 natural crossing with Blue- 

 stem, 266-267; origin of, little 

 known to farmers, 230; origin 

 of name of, 154; percentage of 

 crop of, 167-169; possible 

 origin from wild wheat of 

 Palestine, 291; prizes awarded 

 to, 172-174; provision for, in 

 grades of wheat, 72 ; selection 

 of by C. E. Saunders, 151-154; 

 sown on 20,000,000 acres, 170; 

 summary concerning, 257- 

 258; value to North America 

 and the world of, 257-258 ; 

 why sought in British markets, 

 200; yield of, in Canada, 190- 

 192; yield of, in United States, 

 192-196. 

 Martin, Chester, on the history 

 of the Selkirk settlers, 1-2, 6, 

 7, 9, 13, 21, 29. 

 May and Company, L. L., and 



Marquis wheat, 161. 

 May wheat, a deal in, 111-113; 



highest price of, 121. 

 McAlister, J. E., quern of, 16. 

 McDonell, Alexander, the " grass- 

 hopper governor," his revels, 15. 

 McGill and Company, and Mar- 

 quis wheat, 161. 

 McLauchlin and Moore, test La- 

 doga flour, 147. 

 McLeod, John, defends Red River 

 Settlement, 5-6. 



IMcMurray, J. L., wheat crosses 

 made by, 148. 



Medicine Hat, cars inspected at, 

 91 ; flour mills and natural 

 gas, 134, 135. 



Mediterranean, civilization of, 

 and wheat, 306. 



Melica, time of pollination of, 

 305. 



Mendel, Gregor, and rust-resist- 

 ance, 179; laws of inheritance 

 of, 229. 



Mennonites, settle on open 

 prairie, 30. 



Mensury barley, C. E. Saunders' 

 selection from, 239. 



Mentor, and Minnesota No. 23 

 corn, 188. 



Mice, in granaries, 23; plague 

 of, in 1825, 18. 



Michigan, and Northwestern 

 Dent corn, 190. 



Milking machines on farms, 138. 



Mill, experimental, of C. E. 

 Saunders, 156, 203; of Hud- 

 son's Bay Company at Fort 

 Vermilion, 181-182; of Sheri- 

 dan Lawrence at Fort Ver- 

 milion, 183; one destroyed in 

 1815, 5. 



Mill elevator, definition of, 

 54. 



Miller, foreign, 132; British, 

 mixes flour, 200. 



Millers, at Winnipeg Grain Ex- 

 change, 106; competitive buy- 

 ing of, during war, 124; deal 

 in futures, 109-110. 



Milling, and mixed wheat, 162. 



Milling and baking qualities, of 

 Ladoga wheat, 147; of Mar- 

 quis, 155-157, 198-204; of 

 Preston, Stanley, Huron, and 

 Percy, 149 ; of Quality, 234 ; of 

 Red Fife, 218; made by C. E. 



