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it is then taken to the sample market at Winnipeg and 

 another part is expressed to the sample room at Fort 

 William and Port Arthur. The car from which the sam- 

 ple has been taken, is sent from Winnipeg to the head 

 of the lakes, the journey of 420 miles usually occupying 

 several days. If, on arrival at Fort William or Port 

 Arthur, the grain in the meantime has not been sold by 

 sample, it is binned in a terminal elevator in the usual 

 way, in accordance with the grade given to it at Winni- 

 peg. It can then only be sold by grade. To the sample 

 market grain merchants come, examine the samples on 

 exhibit at their leisure, form their own judgment as to 

 values, and, if they are so inclined, make competitive bids 

 for the wheat on sale. On the other hand, samples may 

 be exposed without any bids being made. 



The sample market in western Canada has only been 

 organized on a government basis during the last two 

 years, and, up to the present, has been but little used. 

 However, the two years have been war years during which, 

 the price of wheat has been fixed. Whether or not, when 

 normal conditions in the grain trade are resumed, selling 

 by sample will prove popular and thereby affect selling 

 by grade in any considerable degree, remains to be re- 

 vealed by the passing years. 



XVI. The Grades of Grain 



The grades or classes of wheat are numerous and varied, 

 for this cereal, when marketed by the farmer, is by no 

 means uniform in its admixtures, its condition, or, if clean 

 and in sound condition, in its milling qualities. 



The admixtures of wheat may consist of other cereals 

 such as barley and oats, or of flaxseed, or of various 

 weed seeds, such as those of Wild Mustard, Wild Oats, 



