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INDEX 



183; general account of, 'in 

 western Canada, 41-49. 



Wheat kernels, development of, 

 from ovules, 218-221. 



Wheat Pit, the, at Winnipeg 

 Grain Exchange, description 

 of, llG-118. 



Wheat plants, development of, 

 221-222; spring from fertil- 

 ized eggs, 218-221. 



Wheat Scab, a disease of wheat, 

 71, 178, 226. 



\Vheats, cultivated, with a brittle 

 rachis, 295. 



Wheeler, Seager, and a yield of 

 Marquis wheat, 191 ; a visit to 

 his farm, 269, 272-273; bio- 

 graphical note upon, 274; hail 

 destroys crops of, 268, 269; his 

 Red Bobs at Indian Head, 185; 

 origin of Kitchener and Red 

 Bobs wheats, 226 ; origin of 

 Red Bobs, 259, 262-268; selec- 

 tion of Kitchener by, 275-277 ; 

 sold White Bobs, 270; various 

 selection work of, 273; wins 

 prizes for wheat, 173-174. 



Wliite Bobs wheat, at Rosthern, 

 263-264. 



\^'hite Clawson wheat, and Daw- 

 son's Golden Chaflf, 224. 



W^hite Fife wheat, a parent of 

 Huron and Stanley wheats, 

 149 ; a parent of Prelude 

 wheat, 186-187; used for 

 crossing, 148. 



White Horse Plains, death of 

 Indians on, 26. 



White Russian wheat, replaced 

 by Red Fife, 218, 227. 



Wild barley, evolution of, 294- 

 295; its brittle rachis, 294. 



Wild oats, evolution of, 294. 



Wild wheat of Palestine, a virile 

 vegetable, 291 ; general ac- 



count of, 278-299; in United 

 States and Canada, 291; not 

 an escape from cultivation, 

 289 ; rediscovery of, by Aaron- 

 sohn, 286-291. 



Winds, and the shelling of 

 wheat, 197; drying, and 

 wheat-raising, 48, 176; hot, 

 effect on wheat kernels, 199. 



Wind-mills, in Selkirk Settle- 

 ment, 24, 27 ; metal-frame, 

 138. 



Winnipeg, advantageous geo- 

 graphical position of, 108-109; 

 and loading platforms, 54; as 

 center of grain inspection, 91; 

 as converging point of the 

 wheat funnel, 49 ; census of 

 the village of, in 1870, 32; con- 

 centration of inspection at, 78; 

 daily car inspection at, 91; 

 flour mills at, 134, 135; Grain 

 Growers' Guide published at, 

 142; grain prices at, 105; 

 Grain Research Laboratory at, 

 102; grain trains passing 

 through, 59 ; introduction of 

 the grading system into, 69 ; 

 Red Fife wheat secured at, in 

 1876, 216; short delay of grain 

 trains at, 78, 84. 



Winnipeg Board of Trade, and 

 the Survey Board, 97. 



Winnipeg Grain Exchange, an 

 account of, 105-118; and 

 Board of Grain Supervisors, 

 128 ; and data upon damage 

 from the rust disease, 180; 

 Censoring Committee of, 121 ; 

 Clearing House of,- 109-116; 

 closure of, 119; exhibition of 

 loaves at, 103-104; geographi- 

 cal position of, 108-109; 

 highest price of wheat at, 121; 

 grain inspection at, 78; Re- 



