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has exerted himself his efforts have been fruitful to a very high degree. He is in- fluential in his community and is highly regarded by all.

WILLIAM MILLER, than whom no man stands higher in agricultural circles on Prince Edward Island, was born at French Fort, East River, in Lot 35, Prince Edward Island, and is a son of James and Margaret (McRae) Miller, both natives of Scotland, the father born on the Clyde river, near Glasgow, and the mother in the Highlands. These parents came to Prince Edward Island in 1818, settling first in Lot 35, where the father became one of the most extensive and successful farmers of that locality, owning at one time four hundred and thirty-five acres of land. He followed dairy farming to a large extent, milking from twenty-five to thirty cows, and also dealt extensively in live stock, from which lines of enterprise he ac- quired a considerable competence.

The subject of this sketch received a good district school education and has fol- lowed farming throughout his life, being now the owner of one hundred acres of fine tillable land in Marshfield, Lot 34, and on which he raises large numbers of stock, feed- ing twelve or fourteen horses and from forty to fifty head of registered Ayrshire cattle. Mr. Miller is up-to-date in his methods and on his place are to be found a number of modem improvements. He has two large silos, in which he stores many tons of feed each year and also has machinery that threshes and separates. grain, cuts the straw and carries it away, all with the same power and simultaneously, being the only machine of the kind on the Island, his power

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being a ten-horse-power steam engine. He is the only farmer on the Island that raises corn to any extent, planting about twenty acres yearly. The place contains a full set of substantial and convenient build- ings, including a large barn which is piped throughout with water and in which fifty head of cattle and fourteen horses can be stalled at one time. Mr. Miller takes a deep and intelligent interest in live stock matters, his ability in this line being widely recog- nized, and he has several times served effi- ciently as judge at the stock exhibitions. Practical and progressive in his every effort, he has been successful to a gratifying degree and is deservedly considered one of the lead- ing and representative agriculturists of Prince Edward Island.

On July 3, 1866, Mr. Miller wasiunited in marriage to Miss Emily Bovyer, a daugh— ter of Robert and Mary (Crawford) Bovyer, the former a native of Bunbury, Lot 48, and the latter of Tryon, both being of old Island stock. To them have been born four chil- dren, Arthur, a prosperous farmer in Marsh- field; James, a resident of Boston, Massa— chusetts; Harry, deceased; and Roberta, at home. In politics Mr. Miller votes with the Liberal party and was for a number of years Managing Commissioner of the Government stock farm. He is a Presbyterian, and Mrs. Miller a Christian. They are both well known throughout this community and are highly respected by all.

FINLEY MCKENZIE, a leading and in- fluential farther at Flat River, Lot 60, was born at this place on September I 3, 1841, and is a son of Hector and Margaret (Mc- Rae) McKenzie. The father was born at