A History of Elmsdale, Elmsdale West, and Brockton, Prince Edward Island

ested in the sale of livestock are invited to attend. This club will also assemble wool for shipment to the Grading Station at Charlottetown in the afternoon of June 24th at St. Louis and on the same date in the evening at Elmsdale.

On April 29,1932 a meeting of the O’Leary Dairying and Cold Storage Co. Ltd. was held at the O’ Leary Hall for the purpose of closing the company under the Voluntary Winding-up Act.

In 1932-1933 W.B. McLellan, well-known farmer and promoter of the cooperative

movement, who worked tirelessly for the promotion of various cooperative enter— prises in the area and throughout the Maritimes, was honoured by the Maritime

Cooperative Services in recognition of his service as president of its predecessor,

the Maritime Livestock Board, to which the Banner Livestock Shipping Club was

affiliated. To date there is no information on the official ending of the Elmsdale

Farmers’ Institute. An ad in the Island Farmer on February 27, 1935 indicated agri- cultural meetings were being held in various communities, including Elmsdale, un- der the direction of the Provincial Department of Agriculture. The West Prince Dairy— ing and Cold Storage Co.’ Ltd. was buying poultry, live and dressed, at their new

plant in O’Leary (Island Farmer November 4, 1936).

"2 . _ Over the years the following officers held various positions in the Elmsdale Farm-

ers’ Institute:

A newsPapcr ad g will behold under um " ' ~ . , ,._ , announcmg a r'-

cultural meetifg; _ Department of Agriculture as follows . tobeheld at Elms- f " - ‘ . dale by the provin-

cial Dept. of Agfi- culture

The Island Farmer, Feb. 27, 1935

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