MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY. 616 W. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The Agriculturisl is devoted to the advocacy of im- 
     
     provement in all lines of farming, and particularly the 
     
     breeding of improved horses and cattle. All matter in its 
     
     columns, either original or select, is specially adapted to 
     
     the requirements of this Province, in which respect it is 
     
     much more advantageous to our farmers than foreign 
     
     agricultural papers, which are conducted with reference to 
     
    
   
   
    
     entirely difl'ercnt soils and climates. 
     
    

    
     A proof of the popularity of the Journal and Ayricultarist, is their 
     
     very large and constantly increasing circulation at home, in the ad- 
     
     joining Provinces and in the United States, in which they vastly 
     
     surpass any other paper in the Province, and which is a remarkable 
     
     circumstance for a periodical strictly provincial in tone and aim. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
        
     
         
     
        
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     (the “ pioneer.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Pioneer newspaper was first established at Alberton, in Prince 
     
     County, where the initial number was issued on July 4th, 1876. At 
     
     the outset it was a twenty-four column paper and neutral in politics, 
     
     John L. McKinnon, Esq., being the publisher and owner. The 
     
     memorable outbreak of small-pox, which occurred in that rising town 
     
     in February, 1879, caused a complete stoppa e of business and inter- 
     
     course with the outer world, so that Mr. cKinnon was forced to 
     
     suspend publication. During the following summer the Pioneer was 
     
     removed to Montague, in King’s County, and was there issued for 
     
     about twelve months, but on account of insufficient advertising patron- 
     
     age the plant was moved to Summerside, where, since September 10th. 
     
     1880, it has been regularly published. 
     
    

    
     In January, 1887, Mr. McKinnon sold the paper to the Pioneer 
     
     Publishing Company, by whom it has been published since that date. 
     
     Shortly after the Company acquired the Pioneer it became patent to 
     
     many of them that as P. E. Island was almost wholly a farming com- 
     
     munity, a paper published in the interests of agriculture would be of 
     
     great benefit, and therefore about July, 1887, the Island Farmer was 
     
     Started in connection with the Pioneer. At first the Farmer was pub— 
     
     lished semi-monthly but since the first of May. 1888, it has appeared 
     
     l'(‘rgularly as a weekly. The Pioneer is a newsy, Wide-awake news— 
     
     D‘dper, and has been, since its removal to Summerside, a consistent 
     
     and vigorous upholder of liberal principles. The Island Farmer is 
     
     almost wholly devoted to the various interests of the farming com- 
     
     munity and is much prized by its many readers. The wide circulation 
     
     Which the Pioneer had in the latter days of Mr. McKinnon’s manage- 
     
     ment has. since coming into the Company’s hands, very much more 
     
     than doubled, so that it is now claimed by the manager to be the best 
     
     adirertising medium in the county. It goes into almost all the homes 
     
     of our wealthiest farmers and has therefore on its list an excellent class 
     
     0f promptly paying subscribers. From starting out with but twenty- 
     
     fohl‘ columns it has steadily gained strength and size until now it is a 
     
     Fhll‘ty—two column paper of excellent reading matter and the wonder 
     
     ‘3 that for but one dollar two such excellent papers as the Pioneer 
     
     and the Island Farmer can be given to the reading public.