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INDEX 



Egypt, ancient mills of, 294; 

 durum wheat in tombs of, 294; 

 wheat and civilization of, 279. 

 Einkom, and its prototype dis- 

 tinct from other wheats, 296- 

 297; classification of, 292; de- 

 crease of cultivation of, 295; 

 not the progenitor of common 

 wheats, 297. 

 Electric power, used to drive 



flour mills, 134. 

 Electricity, in use on farms, 139. 

 Elevator companies, borrow 

 money from banks, 131; buy 

 and sell wheat, 133. 

 Elevators, and the Canada Grain 

 Act, 68; choice of terminal, 

 102; compared with flat ware- 

 houses, 55; country, 56-57 

 country, cost of building, 131 

 hospital, 54; kinds of, 54^55 

 number of, 54; principle of, 

 53-54; terminal, 60-64. 

 Elliott, G. F. Scott, on the first 



harvest, 285. 

 Elymus, time of pollination of, 



305. 

 Emmer, classification of, 292; de- 

 crease in cultivation of, 295; 

 found in Egyptian tombs and 

 in lake dwellings, 298; not 

 grown in Syria and Palestine, 

 289; the only possible proto- 

 type of true wheat, 298-299; 

 milled in ancient Egypt, 294; 

 wild species of, 286. 

 England, and Yellow Stripe Kust 



disease, 178-179. 

 Ensilage, corn used for, 189. 

 Epidemic and epiphytotic dis- 

 eases, 177. 

 Essen, George, upon the origin of 

 Red Fife wheat, 207-209, 210, 

 212, 213. 

 Europe, and grain exchanges. 



118; receives Marquis wheat, 



158. 

 Evans, Sandford, on east-boimd 



movement of wheat, 50. 

 Evolution, of man connected with 



wheat, 306; of wheat, 294-296. 

 Exhibitions, agricultural, and 



Marquis wheat, 171, 173-174. 

 Experimental farms, and W. 



Saunders, 144; three, in the 



Red River Settlement, 24-26; 



various wheats tested at, 146- 



147; wheats crossed at, 148. 

 Experimental Farms Reports, 



145, 147, 148, 149, 152, 181, 



183, 184, 186, 198, 201, 205, 



225, 242. 

 Exporters of wheat, deprived of 



business, 120, 126. 

 Export of wheat, financing of, 



132; from Manitoba in 1876, 



216; wheat sorts undesirable 



for, 149. 



F. 



Fallow land, in western Canada 

 and the United States, 252- 

 253; summer, principle of, 44. 



Fanning mill, how driven, 139. 



Fargo, Marquis wheat tested at, 

 159. 



Farm, of Seager Wheeler, 272- 

 273. 



Farmers, agrarian movement of, 

 141-153; and origin of Mar- 

 quis wheat, 230; benefits to, 

 from Marquis, 255-251 ; can 

 supervise weighing, 99; com- 

 plaints of, 68-69; need of 

 money by, 130; own elevators, 

 142; private scales of, 99-100; 

 receive grain prices from Win- 

 nipeg, 105; represented on 

 Board of Grain Commission- 



