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INDEX 



Bobs, 259, 262; Preston wheat 

 grown at, 274; seed fair at, 

 270; yield of Marquis wheat 

 at, 191. 



Rowley, H. C, on value of Cali- 

 fornian fruit-growing indus- 

 try, 231. 



Royal Flour Mills, test Ladoga 

 wheat, 147. 



Ruby wheat, genealogical tree of, 

 185; general account of, 183- 

 187; may replace Prelude, 227. 



Russel, Miller Milling Company, 

 and Marquis wheat, 159, 160. 



Russia, and wheat-growing in 

 far north, 182; einkorn and 

 emmer in, 295 ; Mennonites 

 came from, 30; source of La- 

 doga and Onega wheats, 186; 

 wheat locked up in, 123 ; wheat 

 sought from, for seed, 213; 

 wheat varieties brought from, 

 146. 



Rust disease, and disease-resist- 

 ance, 226; and earliness in 

 wheats, 155; and Red Pife 

 wheat, 207, 211; and Siberian 

 wheat, 213; and wheat grains, 

 71 ; Black Stem, great losses 

 due to, 180; danger of, in 

 western Canada, 48; descrip- 

 tion of, 176-180; in antiquity, 

 283-284; resistance to, 178; 

 Yellow Stripe, in England, 179. 



Rusted wheat grain, in 1916, 

 103; special grade for, 74. 



Rye, crossed with wheat, 266; in 

 1813, 4; origin of, 285; time 

 of pollination of, 305. 



S. 



St. Boniface, and the St. Paul 

 railway, 32. 



St. Cloud line, and corn culture, 

 189. 



St. John, export of wheat from, 

 50-51. 



St. Lawrence River, and export 

 of wheat, 50-51. 



St. Paul, and Red River carts, 

 29 ; building of railway from, 

 32; flour conveyed through, to 

 succor Red River settlers, 28; 

 corn obtained from, 187. 



St. Paul railway, the, building 

 of, 32; export of wheat by, 

 217. 



Sample bags, weight of contents 

 of, 86. 



Sample market, the, 69-70, 96. 



Sampler or stabber, structure 

 and use of, 84-86. 



Samplers, a gang of, 80. 



Samples of wheat, how taken at 

 a terminal elevator, 94; how 

 taken on a steamer, 96 ; how 

 stored at Winnipeg, 82, 90; 

 sale of, by Inspection Depart- 

 ment, 91. 



Sampling grain, account of, 79- 

 81. 



Sanitation on farms, improve- 

 ment of, 139-140. 



Sarnia, and Red Fife wheat in 

 1876, 216. 



Saskatchewan, acreage and yield 

 of wheat in, 35, 36; and La- 

 doga wheat, 147; and Marquis 

 wheat prizes, 173; and Pre- 

 lude wheat, 184; and tests for 

 Marquis wheat, 174-175; and 

 the agrarian movement, 141; 

 and the Survey Board, 97; 

 durimi wheat in, 42; export of 

 grain from, through Hudson 

 Bay, 51; flour mills of, 134; 

 Marquis wheat in, 144; Mar- 

 quis wheat introduced into, 



