. The visit of the tenant-farmer delegates to Canada in 1890 [microform] : the reports of Mr. George Brown ... on the agricultural resources of Canada, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, the North-West Territories, and British Columbia. Agriculture; Agricultural resources; Agriculture; Ressources agricoles. Major Steventton''s liepovt. 2;. nro readily obtaiimblt". There is ii good demiind for liihor, nnd poverty does not exist m- has ings mer. I;is- aml ,vll- 14 isli- â uro, the Tll- tical (.r are '2( X» tigs. luls. 'llciV HIP , .Ml\.\
. The visit of the tenant-farmer delegates to Canada in 1890 [microform] : the reports of Mr. George Brown ... on the agricultural resources of Canada, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, the North-West Territories, and British Columbia. Agriculture; Agricultural resources; Agriculture; Ressources agricoles. Major Steventton''s liepovt. 2;. nro readily obtaiimblt". There is ii good demiind for liihor, nnd poverty does not exist m- has ings mer. I;is- aml ,vll- 14 isli- â uro, the Tll- tical (.r are '2( X» tigs. luls. 'llciV HIP , .Ml\.\ Miiii \. ?iux( i: Edwaiu) Jslani) is Iho .smallest and the most densely ])eo])led ot' the Provinces of the Dominion, with an area ol' 'J,]', sijuai-e mil(\s. It has a pojiulation ol' about 112,00(1. As seen from the Wiiler the appear- ance of the island is exceedingly prepossessinj:!; ; on ap])roaehinu; the roast, the country affords a charndng ])icture of well-cultivated and wooded land. The general surface of the island is level, hut in some jdacos it rises to a height of nearly oOo feet above; the level of the sea. The sceiuM'y is very iCnglish; and ])i'ospei'ous homesteads are scattered all over the country. The climate is very healthy: the cold is more severe and lasts foi' a longer tinm than in I'jigland, but the atmos])here is dry and salid)rious, and the sininiu'r is of such brightness and bi'auty as lo amjily compensate for the winter. C'harlottetown, the seat of (lovei-nment, is ])leasantly situated upon a point of rising ground, and contains about 1:5,000 inhabitants. It is \\(dl laid out in A\ide and well-built streets. The harbour is large, deep, and convenient. Agriculture and tishing may be said to be tlie staph'industries of the island. Mixed farming is ])ursue(l. The farm b\iiHings are good, and the farms contain from loo to l,00(» at;res. The soil is rich and very ])roductive; and the cattle and liorses, judging from those I saw, aiv particularly good
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