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would be the cost of handling the grain by the elevator company 

 plus the profit for their work. 



Grades of Wheat 



Under the Inspection and Sale Act of 1906, Canada is divided 

 into two Inspection Divisions. The Eastern Division consists of all 

 Ontario east of Port Arthur, and the provinces of Quebec, New 

 Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island; and .the 

 Western or Manitoban Division consists of Ontario west of and 

 including the Port Arthur district, the prairie Provinces, and British 

 Columbia. According to the Act there are certain grades of spring 

 wheat in the Manitoban Division, and there is power to increase the 

 number. The existing grades are : — 



No. 1 Manitoba Hard. 

 No. 1 Manitoba Northern. 

 No. 2 Manitoba Northern. 

 No. 3 Manitoba Northern. 

 Commercial Grade No, 4. 

 Commercial Grade No. 5. 

 Commercial Grade No. 6. 

 Commercial Grade Feed. 



It is of interest to look at these grades as they pass from the mill 

 and are transformed into flour : — 



There can be no question whatever as to the excellent quality 

 of the finer grades of Canadian wheat. During recent years. No. 1 

 Hard Manitoban wheat has been selling at 35s. per quarter, while 

 Kansas and Russian Hard winter wheats have been selling at about 

 33s. per quarter, and the best wheat grown in England at only 28s. 

 to 29s. per quarter. The English wheat is deficient in strength, 

 that is, with equal weights of flour it yields a small loaf compared 

 with Canadian wheat. Perhaps as strong a testimony in favour of 

 Canadian wheat as we can produce is the following quotation from 

 a letter written to one of the Commission by the Co-operative 

 Wholesale Society of Scotland, a company which supplies with 

 provisions about one-fifth of the whole population of the United 

 Kingdom : " We use," the Society writes, " large quantities of Mani- 

 toban wheat and are thoroughly satisfied with the quality. We 

 have arranged to erect six elevators in Manitoba for a start." 



