MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY. 685 
     
    
   
   
    
     For Fine Felt Hats, 
     
    
   
   
    
     R. K. BRACE, EGGS, ETC. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The egg industry of this Province has made tremendous 
     
     advances during the past few years. Formerly eggs were 
     
     shipped in barrels packed in cats by schooner, and thirty 
     
     years ago the old, S. S. “ Commerce” afforded the principal 
     
     conveyance to the United States markets, now they are 
     
     packed in patent cases and delivered in Boston in one half 
     
     the time it then took. The prices during recent years have 
     
     steadily increased,we quote for small lots during the month 
     
     of July 1885, 10 cents per dozen, in 16:56, 11 cents, in 1887, 
     
     13 cents, and in 1888, 15 cents. The reason given for the 
     
     advance from year to year is that buyersare more particular 
     
     as to the quality of eggs and they are larger and cleaner, 
     
     another important thing for farmers would be to change 
     
     the breed of their hens and get ones that Will lay a. deeper 
     
     yellow yolked egg. and thereby take first place in this 
     
     industry. 
     
    

    
     The quantity of eggs exported from this Province is very 
     
     large and few even of the residents of the Island are aware 
     
     of the sum of money realized from this source. This fact is 
     
     ascertained by the customs returns, which show the 
     
     shipments for the year ending :10th June 1587, to he 
     
     1,675,180 dozen valued at $203,601.00 or $463,443, more than 
     
     the year 1884:. Butter is also coming up in quality of late 
     
     years, at the last Exhibition it was conceded on all sides 
     
     that a marked improvement has taken place and that the 
     
     farmers are becoming more alive to their interest in this 
     
     respect. The improvement is largely due to the use of 
     
     creamer: and improved churns. 
     
    
   
   
    
     To Mr. R. K. Brace is largely due the credit of introduc- 
     
     ing the Creamers in 1884:. Mr. D. S. Richards brought the 
     
     celebrated Champion Creamer here. Mr. Brace purchased 
     
     his patent right for $800.00 and had considerable trouble to 
     
     introduce them at first. It is surprising how fast they have 
     
     become a prominent srtieie on the farm. It was Mr. Brace’s 
     
     great object to help the farmer to improve the butter so 
     
     that it could be exported. He visited nearly all the 
     
     Exhibitions in Canada, in search of a churn to suit the trade, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Go to P. J. POI-en's, Queen Street.