THE LAND

The good farmer is an artificer;

He creates with soil and seed;

He cooperates with sun and rain.

The good farmer s wise:

God is in his heart;

He puts divinity into things.

He and God share in the eye of the potato; Their hands touch in the maple branches; They rejoice in the birth of the litter;

They mow hay and mendfences together. The goodfarmer is in His image.

- Frank Ledwell (I)

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This picture of the Pastime Club taken along what is today the Shore Road, shows what the early “snake fences” looked like. If a person had a lot of wood, it was a cheap fence, which could also be put up quickly.

Photo courtesy of Anna Rattray.

The “Million Acre Farm," “Garden of the Gulf, " and the “Denmark Of Canada,” metaphors which have been furnished 0n the Island, demonstrate the significance and the reputation of farming on Prince EdWard Island. One of the three prominent industries on the Island, farming has been integral to the life of many of the Island’s small COmrnunities. Labeled as the ‘breadbasket for Louisbourg” during the French Regime, the Island’s farming scene has since undergone Considerable changes. In addition to standard farms, the St. Peters area

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