INDEX 



327 



quis wheat, 219-220; in wild 

 wheat, 300. 



Pompeii, and Ceres, 282-283. 



Population, Lord Selkirk's 

 prophecy concerning, 9 ; of the 

 Red River Settlement in 1822, 

 16; in 1849, 27; in 1870, 

 29-30; in village of Winnipeg, 

 33. 



Port Arthur, and east-bound 

 wheat traflBc, 49^50; and fu- 

 tures, 133 ; clearance of wheat 

 cargoes at, 66-67; farmers' 

 elevators at, 142; financing 

 of crops to and from, 132; 

 fixed prices of wheat at, 128- 

 129; geographical position of, 

 109-109; government elevator 

 at, 102; grain doors removed 

 at, 59; inspection of grain at, 

 78; oflBcial weighing at, 100; 

 overfilled cars sent to, 87; 

 price of wheat in store at, 93; 

 sample room at, 69-70; ter- 

 minal elevators at, 60, 64; 

 trains leaving Winnipeg for, 

 84; wheat bought stored at, 

 112-113. 



Port Colborne, mill at, 135. 



Port Hope, and origin of Red 

 Fife wheat, 213. 



Portland, Maine, export of wheat 

 from, 50-51. 



Portland, Oregon, export of 

 wheat from, 52. 



Port Nelson, and export of wheat 

 from western Canada, 51. 



Post, failed to find wild wheat 

 in Palestine, 287. 



Potatoes, in census of 1822, 16; 

 late-sown in 1822, 20; yield of, 

 in 1813, 2-4. 



Poulard wheat, classification of, 

 292. 



Prairie, breaking of, 42-44; free- 



dom from trees of, 48; har- 

 vesting scene upon, 48-49. 



Prehistoric man, and agricul- 

 ture, 278-279. 



Prelude wheat, and cross-breed- 

 ing, 226; and northward ad- 

 vance of the wheat-belt, 188; 

 and Quality wheat, 236 ; genea- 

 logical tree of, 185; general 

 description of, 183-187; re- 

 placed Marquis locally, 227. 



Preston wheat, admixtures in, 

 in North Dakota, 162; and 

 Marquis in the United States, 

 164; and parentage of Red 

 Bobs, 262, 263, 267-268; at 

 Fort Vermilion, 183; compared 

 with Marquis, 166, 170-171; 

 grown at Rosthern, 274; in 

 Minnesota, 163; in United 

 States, 149; origin of, 149. 



Price of wheat, and grading of 

 Marquis, 197; cause of high 

 prices of, 124; fixation of, in 

 Canada, 128-129; fixation of, 

 in United States, 128; from 

 which came Red Fife, 213; 

 highest, at Chicago, 124; high- 

 est, at Minneapolis, 125; high- 

 est, at Winnipeg Grain Ex- 

 change, 121; in wheat-pit at 

 Winnipeg, 116; of Burbank's 

 Quality seed, 234; of different 

 grades, 93; of May wheat. 111; 

 of Red Fife in 1876 at Winni- 

 peg, 216; remarks on, 106- 

 107. 



Primitive man, and domestica- 

 tion of wheat, 306; and wild 

 wheat, 288, 294-295. 



Prince Albert district, Ladoga 

 wheat procured from, 147. 



Pringle, C. G., and wheat hy- 

 brids, 226. 



Prizes for wheat, awarded to 



