 Another preoccupation of the UFA and the Greenfield government was the marketing of wheat . From 1919 to 1920 there had been a federally established wheat pool to stabilize wheat prices . When it was disbanded , wheat prices tumbled by two @-@ thirds , prompting many farmers to call for its re @-@ introduction . At the call of the UFA and farmers ' organizations in other provinces , the federal government ( whose razor @-@ thin majority in the House of Commons was often widened by the support of farmer @-@ friendly Progressive members ) created a new , mandatory agency , pending the appointment by the provincial governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan of a board of directors for the agency . This they proved unable to do . Greenfield 's government ultimately admitted defeat and gave up on re @-@ establishing the pool , opting instead to guarantee loans to farmer @-@ run cooperative pools . With government assistance , the Alberta Wheat Pool came into existence in time for the 1923 harvest . 
