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INDEX 



82; overfilling of, 86-87; plug- 

 ging of, 86; samples taken 

 from, 79-81. 



Brachypodium, time of pollina- 

 tion of, 305. 



Bracken, John, his red-seeded se- 

 lections from Bobs wheat, 270- 

 271 ; illustrations supplied by, 

 157; 200, 291, 294, 295; on the 

 rust disease, 178-179; on 

 wheat growing, 41. 



Bran layer, color of, 261-262. 



Brandon, Experimental Farm at, 

 26; flour mills at, 135; Mar- 

 quis wheat introduced at, 157; 

 Marquis tests at, 175; wheat- 

 crossing at, 148; wheat 

 crosses made at, 152; yield of 

 Marquis at, 191, 196. 



Bread, and civilization, 230; and 

 Quality wheat, 234; eaters of, 

 and the history of wheat, 306; 

 from Marquis wheat, 158; 

 making of, and wheat color, 

 262. 



British Columbia, flour mills of, 

 134; Marquis wheat in, 157; 

 wheats crossed in, 148. 



British Government, and the 

 Wheat Export Company, 120. 



British Isles, and Marquis wheat, 

 228. 



British market, and wheat color, 

 260-261. 



British miller, 200. 



British public, assists Red River 

 settlement, 28. 



Brima media, time of pollination 

 of, 305. 



Brown-Duvel moisture-tester, de- 

 scription of, 89. 



Bryce, G., on history of Selkirk 

 settlers, 2, 13, 32. 



Buenos Ayres, and the Winnipeg 

 Grain Exchange, 105. 



Buffalo, as a source of food, 8, 

 11, 14, 18, 23. 



Buffalo, seed Marquis made 

 available at, 164-165; wheat 

 traffic through, 49'-50. 



Bulk wheat, shipment through 

 Panama Canal, 52, 103. 



Bull, C. P., a corn selection 

 made by, 188. 



Bunyip wheat, in Australia, 259. 



Burbank, Luther, and C. E. 

 Saunders, 228-233 ; apprecia- 

 tion of, as a plant-breeder, 

 228-232; his potato and 

 plums, 232; his Quality wheat, 

 233-237. 



Buying and selling of wheat, at 

 the Grain Exchange, 111-118; 

 war competition for, 124. 



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Calamiogrostis, time of pollina- 

 tion of, 305. 



Calgary, cars inspected at, 91; 

 flour mill at, ,135; government 

 elevator at, 64, 102; inspection 

 of grain at, 78. 



California, and Burbank's new 

 wheats, 233-237; fruit-grow- 

 ing industry of, 231-232; yield 

 of Marquis wheat in, 192. 



Camas Prairie, Marquis wheat 

 at, 165. 



Campbell, Allan, on ripening of 

 corn in Manitoba, 190. 



Canada, debt owed by, to in- 

 ventors, 138; increased wealth 

 brought to, by Marquis, 252- 

 257 ; the granary of the British 

 Empire, 34. 



Canada Grain Act, chief features 

 of, 68; weighing provisions of, 

 99. 



