INDEX 



331 



157; shelling of wheat in, 

 197; traffic with Red River in 

 1870, 29; University of, and 

 rust-resistance, 179; wheats 

 crossed in, 148; yield of Mar- 

 quis in, 190, 19l!; 196. 



Saskatchewan Cooperative Ele- 

 vator Company, 128, 141-142. 



Saskatchewan Grain Growers 

 Association, organization of, 

 141. 



Saskatoon, and Dwarf Marquis 

 wheat, 225 ; and wild wheat, 

 291 ; number of cars inspected 

 at, 91; elevator at, 64, 102; 

 inspection of grain at, 78. 



Saunders, A. P., and parentage 

 of Marquis and Prelude 

 wheats, 186; assisted W. Saun- 

 ders, 145; biographical note 

 upon, 151 ; made cross from 

 which sprang Marquis wheat, 

 151; wheat crosses made by, 

 148, 149. 



Saunders, C. E., and Burbank, 

 228-233; and the chewing test 

 for wheat, 155, 201-203; and 

 the northward advance of the 

 wheat-belt, 190; and the rust 

 disease, 180; appointed Domin- 

 ion cerealist, 150; assisted 

 W. Saunders, 145; biographi- 

 cal sketch of, 237-238; ex- 

 traordinary value of his work, 

 256-257; his Early Red Fife 

 wheat, 225; his original esti- 

 mate of Marquis wheat con- 

 firmed, 158; his regard for the 

 British market, 200; investi- 

 gates qualities of Marquis, 

 154-157; isolates Marquis, 

 144; list of publications by, 

 242; Marquis, Ruby, and Pre- 

 lude wheats, 183-187; names 

 Marquis, 154; obtains a wheat 



naturally crossed, 265-266 ; on 

 Bobs wheat, 260 ; on quality in 

 wheat, 198; on the cross re- 

 sulting in Marquis, 152; on 

 the geography of Marquis, 

 164; on the origin of Red 

 Fife wheat, 208-209; selects 

 Marquis, 151-154; the first 

 miller and baker of Marquis, 

 201 ; wheat crosses made by, 

 148; wide range of work as 

 a cerealist, 200; work upon 

 barley, oats, and peas, 239- 

 242. 



Saimders, W., and crossing 

 wheats, 226; and Ladoga 

 wheat, 181, 186; and Marquis 

 wheat, 151; and peas, 240; in- 

 troduced Hard Red Calcutta, 

 204; on effect of sunlight on 

 wheat, 182; summary of work 

 of, 144-151. 



Scales, in country elevators, 99. 



SclerocMoa, time of pollination 

 of, 305. 



Schliemann, on a cereal found at 

 Troy, 297. 



Schools, and Marquis wheat, 

 256; number of, in 1849, 27. 



Schweinfurth, and the wild 

 wheat, 286, 289. 



Science, besom of, sweeps away 

 superstitions, 284; pure, helps 

 applied, 179. 



Scientific research, and govern- 

 ing bodies, 238-239; and solu- 

 tion of grain problems, 103; 

 value of, illustrated by success 

 of Marquis wheat, 256-258. 



Scotch Danzig wheat, name for 

 Red Fife, 206, 208, 211. 



Scotch Fife wheat, replacement 

 of, by Marquis, 227. 



Scotch wheat, name for Red 

 Fife, 207. 



