During the early years of this century, wheat was seenasthe verylifeblood of Western Canada. People on city streets watchedthe yields and the price of wheat in almost as much feeling as if1. __________
they were growers. The marketing of wheat became an increasing2. __________
War set the stage for the most dramatic events in marketingthe western crop. For years, farmers mistrusted speculative grainselling as carried on through the Winnipeg Grain Exchange.Wheat prices were generally low in the autumn, so farmers could3. __________
not wait for markets to improve. It had happened too often thatthey sold their wheat soon shortly after harvest when farm debts4. __________