X CONTENTS 



SECTIOK PAGE 



m The Great Wieat Funnel 49 



IV The Hudson Bay Railway 51 



V The Shipment of Bulk Wheat through the 



Panama Canal 52 



VI Elevators 53 



Vn The Loading Platform 54 



Vni The Old Flat Warehouse 55 



IX The Country Elevator 56 



X Box-Cars 5Y 



XI Terminal Elevators 60 



XII Lake Steamers . 65 



Xm The Lake Shippers' Clearance Association . . 66 



XIV The Canada Grain Act 68 



XV The Sample Market 69 



XVI The Grades of Grain 70 



XVII The Grading of Grain 75 



XVm Inspection at Terminal Elevators 93 



XIX Eeinspeotion 96 



XX Weighing Wheat 98 



XXI Warehouse Receipts, Registration, and Stock- 

 taking 100 



XXII The Dominion Grain Research Laboratory . . 102 



XXin The Winnipeg Grain Exchange 105 



XXrV The Geographical Position of the Grain Ex- 

 change 108 



XXV The Grain Exchange Clearing House . . . 109 



XXVI The Wheat Pit 116 



XXVII The Effect of the War on the Grain Trade . . 118 



XXVin Financing the Crop Movement 130 



XXIX The Flour Mills of Western Canada .... 134 



XXX Recent Improvements in the Conditions of Farm 



Life 138 



XXXI The Agrarian Movement ........ 141 



CHAPTER in 



The Discovery and Introduction op Marquis Wheat 



I Introduction 144 



II Dr. William Saunders and His Assistants . . 144 

 in The Selection of Marquis by Dr. Charles E. 



Saunders 151 



