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INDEX 



Saunders, 156; supreme test of 

 wheat, 147. 



Milling industry, effect of revolu- 

 tion in, 30-31. 



Milling operations, early history 

 of, in Red River Settlement, 

 16-18. 



Mills, and Board of Grain Super- 

 visors, 129 ; and grain ex- 

 changes, 118; Egyptian, for 

 emmer wheat, 294; experimen- 

 tal, 103; Midget, 135; Min- 

 neapolis, 159 ; querns, 16-17, 

 136-137. 



Milner, W. E., on eflfect of war 

 on grain trade, 119-120; on 

 number of cars of wheat pass- 

 ing through Winnipeg, 49; on 

 wheat crop of 1915, 35-36, 

 254; on Winnipeg Grain Ex- 

 change, 105. 



Minneapolis, and introduction of 

 Marquis wheat, 160; and Win- 

 nipeg Grain Exchange, 105, 

 116; and Velvet Chaff wheat, 

 149; flour mills at, and Mar- 

 quis wheat, 159; grading sys- 

 tem at, 69; highest price for 

 wheat at, 125; seed Marquis 

 made available at, 164-165. 



Minnesota, and earliness of 

 wheats, 176; and Minnesota 

 No. 23 corn, 188 ; and St. Paul 

 railway, 32; and yields of 

 several wheat varieties, 193- 

 196; as source of Red Fife 

 wheat for seed in Manitoba, 

 217-218; chief wheat varieties 

 of, and total crop, 167; corn 

 culture in, 187-190; crop 

 value of Marquis wheat in, 

 244r-245; financial benefit to, 

 from Marquis, 247-249; in- 

 troduction of Marquis into, 

 158-165; Marquis in, 157; 



Preston wheat in, 149 ; purifier 

 introduced into, 30-31. 



Minnesota Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, and Marquis 

 wheat, 192, 203-204; and 

 Bluestem, 225; and Preston, 

 149. 



Minnesota No. 13 corn and No. 

 23 corn, origin of, 187-188. 



Minnesota No. 188 wheat, name 

 for Preston, 149. 



Minnesota River, and transport 

 of seed wheat, 13. 



Minnesota University, and early- 

 ripening corn varieties, 187- 

 188, 190; and rust-resistance, 

 179; and spring wheat, 162; 

 Marquis wheat tested at, 165; 

 natural crosses of wheat at, 

 266. 



Mitchel, a millwright in the Sel- 

 kirk Settlement, 24. 



Moisture, conservation of, in 

 soil, 43, 44, 45-46; in wheat 

 grains, 71, 198; in wheat sam- 

 ples, how estimated, 89. 



Moisture-testers, the Brown- 

 Duvel, 89; other, 103. 



MoUnia, time of pollination of, 

 305. 



Money, amount received in 

 Prairie Provinces for grain, 

 106; inflated currency, 124; 

 provided by banks, 131-132; 

 required by farmers, 130. 



Montana, and Northwestern Dent 

 corn, 190; and yield of several 

 wheat varieties in, 193-196; 

 chief wheat varieties of, and 

 total crop, 167; crop value of 

 Marquis wheat in, 244r-245 ; in- 

 creased wealth from growing 

 Marquis in, 249-252; intro- 

 duction of Marquis into, 160; 

 Marquis in, 164, 166. 



