INDEX 



315 



ers, 127; terminal elevators of 

 trading companies of, 102; 

 tested Hard Red Calcutta 

 wheat, 205. 



Farming, implements of, im- 

 provements in, 138; mixed, in- 

 troduction of, 43; use of straw 

 in, 47. 



Farm life, recent improvements 

 in conditions of, 138-141. 



Farms, and fiying machines, 140- 

 141 ; area under cultivation in 

 1849, 27; chess matches at, 

 140 ; first, in Red River Settle- 

 ment, 9-10; lighting plant for, 

 139; music on, 140; position 

 of, in 1870, 30; sanitation of, 

 139; telephones of, 140. 



Farrer, William, wheat-breeding 

 work of, in Australia, 259-260. 



Federation wheat, in Australia, 

 value of, 259. 



Fermenting cupboard, for bread- 

 making, 103, 203. 



Fertilization of wheat eggs, 218- 

 220. 



Fertilizers on farms, 43. 



Festuca, time of pollination of, 

 305. 



Fife, David, and Red Fife wheat, 

 206-207, 209, 210-212, 213, 

 214, 215. 



Fife wheat, a name for Red Fife, 

 207; percentage of in crops, 

 167-169; replacement by Mar- 

 quis in Minnesota, 246-248; 

 yield of, in the United States, 

 193-196. 



Financial business of forwarding 

 crops divided, 132. 



Financing grain sales, and grain 

 exchanges, 119; by Wheat 

 Export Company, 120-121. 



Financing the crop movement, 

 130-134. 



Finch, V. C, and 0. E. Baker, on 

 geography of wheat, 37, 39, 

 164. 



Fiulayson, Governor, 23. 



Firbank wheat, in Australia, 259. 



Fire, diminution in risk of, on 

 farms, 139. 



Fisher's Landing, and Red Fife 

 wheat, 30, 216. 



Fishes, himger prices for, in 

 1821, 14. 



Fishing tackle, required in Red 

 River Settlement, 28. 



Flail, used in Red River Settle- 

 ment, 16. 



Flat warehouses, description of, 

 55. 



Flax, crop in 1915, 36; questions 

 respecting grading of, 104. 



Flood, in Red River Settlement, 

 in 1825, 18-19; effect on crops, 

 20; refuge during, in 1852, 24. 



Florence wheat, in Australia, 

 259. 



Flour, amount of bran in, 23; 

 Canadian, 200-201; export of, 

 135-136; fall in price of, 21; 

 of Red Fife and Galician 

 wheats, 209; price of, at Red 

 River in 1814, 17; price of 

 Vermilion, 181; purchased in 

 the United States, 28-29; Red 

 River, evil nature of, 21-24. 



Flour mill, at Vermilion, 181 ; 

 description of a modern, 137- 

 138. 



Flour mills, of Minneapolis and 

 Marquis wheat, 159; of west- 

 ern Canada, 134^138. 



Flower of a wheat-plant, fertil- 

 ization of the ovules, 219-220, 

 222; opening and pollination 

 of, 300-304. 

 Flying machines, and farms, 140. 

 Food Control Bill, 126. 



