The yield in 1898 was estimated to be :— 
     
    
   
   
    
     Apples - 65,030 bushels 
     
     Plums — - 1,850 n 
     
     Cherries - 5,330 n 
     
     Pears ~ - 90 it 
     
     Other fruits 3,090 n 
     
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     THE DAIRY INDUSTRY 
     
     t NE of the most importantcbranches of agriculture is the 
     
     dairy industry. Since 1891 there has been great 
     
     improvement in this line. An experimental station for 
     
     the manufacture of cheese started in 1892 under the supervision 
     
     of the Dominion Dairy Commissioner, was followed in the 
     
     succeeding years by several other factories, all, with one 
     
     exception, being on the co-operative principle, each company 
     
     owning its building and plant. Since then 34 cheese factories 
     
     (of which 16 are also creameries and 4 are separating stations) 
     
     and 7 creameries have been established throughout the Province. « 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     The exception just mentioned is that of a Charlottetown 
     
     gentleman who imported a large number of pure-bred Holstein, 
     
     Guernsey, and Jersey cattle, and started the manufacture of 
     
     butter in a factory of his own. There are also three other 
     
     creameries now owned and operated as private enterprises. 
     
     This new industry is well adapted to the Province. The 
     
     products are admitted to be first—class and have found a ready 
     
     sale in the markets of Great Britain, Newfoundland, and the 
     
     West Indies. 
     
    
   
   
    
     These factories originally managed by the Dominion 
     
     Government are, with the exception of the four creameries 
     
     above mentioned, now conducted by Joint Stock Companies 
     
     of farmers. Prince Edward Island derived last year from the 
     
     Dairy Industry the sum of $364,557.63. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The factories are located as follows :—‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     Cheese Factories 
     
    
   
   
    
     Abram’s Village Alberton