fir ganizations Farmers' Institute The farmers of the area were quite progressive in their attitude of coming together to share information on the ways to improve their farm operations. The 1853 Island Almanac provides evidence of the exis- tance of the Tryon Branch of the Agriculture Society by listing its directors as: Richard Dawson , president; Joseph Black , vice-president; Donald Palmer , John Bell , Lewis Wright , Jacob Gouldrup , and John Lea , Committee; and Henry Howatt , secretary. The Farmers' Institute, comprised of members from the Tryon communities, Augustine Cove , and the surrounding districts, was active in the early 1900s, holding regular meetings in the Orange Hall at Muirhead's Corner up to 1915, and after that at Lord's Hall in Tryon . A picture, taken in 1911, shows the Institute members, their wives and children, grouped in front of the superintendent's residence at the Experimental Farm in Charlottetown . This group travelled by special train from Albany to attend the annual picnic at the Farm and returned home in the evening after a day of inspiration and pleasure. The use of automobiles made it much easier to travel to the Experimental Farm picnic. The opportunity to meet with the superintendent and to tour the farm kept visitors abreast of the latest information available in the care of livestock and general farm husbandry. Designated demonstra- Trip to the Experimental Farm in 1911. Ethel Thomson collection. 102