A HUGE WHEAT SHIP.
An interesting problem in jrithmet c is suggested bv the departure from Port Arthur, Ontario, of the freight carrier, \\. Grant Morden, for Po.'t M'Nicoll, Ontario, with the largest tvheat cargo the world has seen. Iho ship carried 490,1 20 bushels of wheal, a ouantitv which, if ground into flour, would produce 109.050 barrels or 32.060,700 loaves. This qnantty of bread would suffice to the entire poulation of Canada for four and .1 half davs. The arrival in a British port of one suc-h ship would exerci.va a marked effect on the British wheat maikets. and it is a simple problem cn arithmetic to estimate number <■» such units necssnry in a fleet of wlieal- - carrving flour sufficient to maintain the populace of Hieso islands or the arrives in Europe lor a stipulated f ero"i.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 219, 20 October 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)
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137A HUGE WHEAT SHIP. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 219, 20 October 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)
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