TO FAIUIEIIN. Mil. IRVING having procured Tradesmen from Scotland , ftcqutitited with tho ronmruntion oftllo mom approved Implements of Huxlmridry, imlwdinjr Prill Machines for Bowing Grain, Turnip*, Means, and Mangel Wurtse), HcufT- lots and CulUvnt<ir«, Cliiifl* and Turnip Cutter*, Winnowing Machine*, Uor*o Uukon, &c. &c, begn to inform the Fanners of Prince Edward Island , ihnt Mr. Murgowan , Hccrelary lo the Agricultural Society, litis kindly oHurod to receive und transmit orders for any of thu above articles, and that on application to Mr, Mocgowan, specimens may Always bo neon at hi* Htorc. Uonshaw, 152th Juno, 1841. " i ■ ■ ■ ■-----------------------------------------—t^— i i » ...... - Colonial Herald 28th Aug 1841 pg 1 In 1842 WW began his political career. He was recommended for appointment to the Legislative Council, an appointment which was approved by the Privy Council on December 1 Oth of that year (3). Over the next few years he became a Commissioner of Boundary Lines, a Highway Commissioner for Lots 29,30 and 31 and part of Lots 32 and 65, Commissioner for Summary Trial and Small Debts for DeSable and Crapaud , and chairman of the Committee on the Bill for the Protection of Sheep from Vicious Dogs (13,14,15). In 1843 WW showed that he was a progressive farmer by making the first importation of guano as fertilizer. This first quantity was used in an experiment in which WW spread it on part of one field, leaving the other part untreated. (This field is believed to be the one in front of David and Pat McLeod's farm house today). The results showed that the yield of grain for the fertilized part was 38 bushels/acre, while the untreated part produced only 27 bushels/ acre. This experiment and its associated costs were described in a letter in the Colonial Herald in February 1843 in which WW also described his farming operation with respect to turnips and swedes (16). -11-