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who are cultivating virgin soil. Thus there is
every reason to suppose that the day of exhaustion
will be long postponed. “The wheat area of the
Red River valley within the United States is
possibly 200 miles in length from north to
south ; but on the Canada side the same advantages
of soil with greater advantages of situation and
climate extend north-westerly along the North
Saskatchewan to the Rockies, a full 1,000 miles,
with an average width of not less than 200
miles”

S. Quality of wheat—The wheat of the North-West
 is graded for marketing purposes by Government
 inspectors, according to its hardness and
milling qualities into No. 1 Hard, No. 1 Northern,
No. 2 Northern, etc. It is well known that
Canada produces a far larger percentage of the
higher grades than does the United States.
This is due to superiority of soil and climate,
and gives an additional natural advantage to
Canada.
We print the following result of the wheat inspection
 at Winnipeg and Minneapolis from the
Winnipeg Telegram. It will be noticed that
the same year is not selected in each case,
and this perhaps slightly exaggerates the very
marked superiority of Canadian over American
wheat.

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