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for seed purposes in France but could not be shipped 

 in the quantity required. 



Since the spring of 1909 when farmers began to sow 

 Marquis for the first time, the growing of this wheat in 

 Canada has spread enormously, and Marquis is now by far 

 the chief wheat grown in the West. Practical experience 

 with Marquis by tens of thousands of farmers on millions 

 of acres has completely justified the original estimate of 

 the wheat made by Dr. Saunders in the quiet of his 

 laboratory. The introduction of Marquis wheat is one of 

 the greatest practical triumphs that Canada has ever had, 

 one that is perennially fruitful, not impoverishing but 

 ever increasing the wealth of our country and making it 

 a better land to live in. But this is not all, for Marquis 

 extends its blessings far beyond the bounds of this coun- 

 try, not merely to the United States of America where 

 it is also grown on a large scale, but to the Old World. 

 Especially in Europe, to which it is borne by a great fleet 

 of ships across the broad Atlantic, it adds to the quantity 

 and improves the quality of the daily bread of millions of 

 toilers who have never heard its name. 



VII. The Introduction of Marquis into the United States 

 of America 



The invasion of the United States of America by Mar- 

 quis was rapidly accomplished, and took place in the fol- 

 lowing manner. After Marquis had been grown in the 

 Prairie Provinces for a year or two, from 1909 onwards, 

 farmers in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and 

 neighboring States, soon learned the news of its won- 

 derful success from their Canadian friends. The result 

 was that individual farmers in these States imported a 

 certain amount of the new wheat for seed purposes. The 

 favorable harvests which they obtained, attracted the at- 



