256 ESSAYS ON "WHEAT 



quis wheat will put into our farmers' pockets an extra 

 gain of hundreds of millions of dollars, an amount of 

 money which would he more than sufficient to pay for all 

 the education given in the Public Schools, the High 

 Schools, the Agricultural Colleges, and the Universities 

 of the whole of western Canada. Even if we take the 

 very conservative estimate of $15,000,000 per annum as 

 the increased wealth Marquis is bringing into Canada, 

 and disregard every other consideration, we obtain suffi- 

 cient evidence to convince ourselves of the amazing success 

 of the Canadian Government in its wheat-breeding ex- 

 periments. Well may this country be proud of its achieve- 

 ments in this direction and especially proud of Dr. Charles 

 E. Saunders, whose skill and patience triumphed over all 

 the difficulties that presented themselves and who, in a 

 remarkably short time after his appointment as Dominion 

 Cerealist, gave to the farmer the great gift of Marquis 

 wheat. There are but few men in Canada who can look 

 the whole world in the face and honestly say that by their 

 efforts they have enriched their country by at least $15,- 



Crops produced in Price Crops produced in Price 



1910 $0.75 1914 $1.30 



1911 $0.65 1915 $0.90 



1912 $0.65 1916 $1.25 



1913 $0.70 1917 $2.00 



By an order of the Board of Grain Supervisors of Canada, the price 



of wheat for the 1917 crop was fixed as follows: 



for No. 1 Northern $2.21 



for No. 2 Northern $2.18 



for No. 3 Northern $2.15 



This information was kindly supplied to the writer by Mr. Irvine, 



Assistant Secretary of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. 



By another order of the Board of Grain Supervisors of Canada, the 



price of wheat for the 1918 crop (August 26, 1918, until August 31, 



1919) was fixed as follows: 



for No. 1 Northern $2,241/3 



for No. 2 Northern $2.2114 



for No. 3 Northern $2,171/2 



