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formation that only ‘leads to false conclusions, ‘a'n confidence only in the unaided powers of easily im- poverished land, must necessarily feel that it is a poor country that will not, after perhaps twenty years mismanagement, and hardship, yield to the tarmer enough seed to form a trifling crop—will not yield enough to feed a few poor starving cattle— will not give a surplus out oftnothing :for the landlord, and will not put the poor farmer out of debt for to- 1 bacco and rum. These opposite statements are based , on authentic records,and constitute the two ways by ' which a stranger may determine the farming capa- bilities of Prince Edward Island, without the trouble ofa visit; but when he comes to a practical investi gation, he will see for himself, if he possess the com- mon sense of a man ofbusiness,-that to farm in Prince Edward Island is no sinecure, that a man must bring as much intelligence into the business as'to any other branch ofindustry—must keep up asgood fences in Prince Edward Island as in England—must be as careful to provide food for stock, as stock for food—- must as carefully adapt his surplus products to the highest market, as find out the best markets for his marketable and overplus wares—must as particularly watch the wants of the people with whom he lives, as the people must look out for their regular supplies —and cultivate his mind as uniformly and per- fectly as his fields—as much in Prince Edward Island as in any other farming country in the world; nay, more, indeed, \for in Prince Edward Island .the soil is light, and therefore hungry; is fertile, and therefore requiring to be 'kept clean; is brief of season, comparatively speaking, and therefore obliging foresight. and early preparation, and having crops specially adapted to the soil and climate, such as barley. oats and turnips, demands as a necessary condition of success, particular study. We have mentioned turnips as particularly adapted to the soil, let us see how we are borne out in this state- ment.

It is irrelevant to the purpose at this work to en- tter upon any laudation of any particular efforts by