Prince Edward Island’s Resources

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Qmitulture

WENTY YEARS AGO the farming of Prince Edward Island was extensive, the chief products being hay, oats and potatoes. To-day it is z'ntemive—butter, cheese, beef,

bacon, poultry and fruit being the leading products sold. The Island is preéminently an agricultural province, and few countries, considering everything, are better adapted for profitable farming. It is the most thoroughly cultivated territory on this side of the Atlantic, 85.44 per cent of its area being occupied as farms and lots, and 80 per cent of its total population connected with the industry. Yet so great are its natural resources that twice its present population might be maintained with ease.

The SOil.~The Island is noted for the fertility of its soil, nearly the whole of its beautifully undulating expanse, with the exception of a few bogs and swamps composed of a soft spongy turf or a deep layer of wet, black mould, consisting of highly valuable cultivable land. The soil, which is well

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