Mr. NICHOLSON:
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.)
1. How much wheat has been delivered at country elevators in the three prairie provinces in each of the following crop years: 1939-40, 1938-39, 1937-38?
2. What amount of wheat was traded in the Winnipeg grain pit, and what amount cleared through the Winnipeg Grain Exchange Clearing Association during each of the above periods?
3. Where is grain for Churchill inspected before being shipped to the port?
4. How much grain was rejected in 1939 and 1938?
5. What disposition was made of the rejected grain?
Mr. MacIvINNON (Edmonton West):
1. August-May, 1939-40, 385,110,879 bushels; August-July, 1938-39, 281,255,243 bushels;
August-July, 1937-38, 118,326,431 bushels.
2. Information not available.
3. All grain consigned to Churchill is inspected at The Pas, Manitoba, with the exception of cars loaded too full to sample which are inspected at unload.
4. Crop years.
(to June 30) 1938-39 1937-38bushels bushels bushelsWheat.. .. . .. 1,257,501 5,358.839 736,725Oats . .. 17,128 16 $56 25,516Barley.. .. .. 3,464 9,774 6,456Flax 1,147 ....Rye . .. 4,761 4,290 4,104
5. Disposition not known, but presumed sold as rejected.
Subtopic: WHEAT STATISTICS
