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CHAPTER III.

Agricultural Productions—Secd-time—Harveat——Homed Cattle—Sheep— SWine—I [arses—Scotch Highlanders slovenly F armers—JVIanner of Clear- ing and Cultivating Forest Lands—Consequence of Fires in the VVoods— Mauures—Agricultural Society—Habitations of New Settlers, Sac.

THE excellence of its soil, its climate, and the configuration of its surface, adapt the lands of Prince Eward Island more particularly for agriculture than for any other purpose.

All kinds of grain and vegetables raised in Eng- land, ripen in perfection. Wheat is raised in abun- dance for the consumption of the inhabitants, and a surplus is exported to Nova Scotia. Both summer and winter rye, and buckwheat, produce weighty crops; but the culture of these grains is scarcely attended to. Barley and oats thrive well, and are, in weight and quality, equal to any met with in the English markets, and superior to what are produced in the United States.

Beans of all kinds yield plentiful returns. Peas, when not injured by worms, which is often the case, thrive well; and turnips are sometimes liable to in- jury from flies and worms. In no country do pars- nips, carrots, beets, mangel-wurzel,or potatoes, yield