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among the poorest cultivators, it is grown as arr article obtaining cash at any time of the year;'but why it is not made a farming staple, is a matter of surprise, while the return carries a higher average than any other place in North America, is ofa better quality, and has always a large unsatisfied demand for it. The'Breweries ofthe Hon. George Coles, of Thomas Pethick, Esquire, and of Captain Smith, 0? Brighton, ought to be in themselves a temptation to produce this grain in abundance, but added to these channels of sale, there is at all times a cash sale for 'barley among the storek‘eepers, or as they are called here, the merchants, for exportation. Visitors to Prince Edward lean-d ought to take a ramble over the Farms of Henry Longworth, Esquire, the Hon. George Coles, and many others we could name, near Charlottetown, and they will find the owners at all times ready to Show their beautiful and productive properties. Our only object now is to tell the visitor where he may find well culti« vated and valuable farms, close to Charlottetown,a«nd learn something, by a few hoursof' observation, res- pecting good farming in Prince Edward Island.

OATS are raised easily at the rate of40 bushels per acre in Prince Edward Island, while 34 bushels in New Brunswick, 33?; in the State of Ohio, 24% in Canada West, are the reported tabular average. Prince Edward island is essentially a land of oats.

BUCKWHEAT, in like manner, is a productive article, and competent to compete with any North American- farming district, and take the prize too, if one were offered.

INDIAN CORN grows well, but it will: never become a staple article.

POTATOES can be grown at an average 0f250 bushels to the acre, while the New Brunswick quotation is 'only 226, and Canada West only 84; but ofall crops the turnip crop is the grand crop oftntlhe Island—