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The stumps out, or partially out, there was soon a new development of “farming in Prince Edward Island.” A rough, home-made, wooden plough, with a wooden mould-board, was introduced, and this was followed by the “crotch- barrow." This latter implement was simply a small hard—wood tree, trimmed of all but two stout branches, into each of which a few wooden teeth wereinserted.

When in use the stem of the tree mom’s WHARF. LOWER MONYAGUE.

was attached to the oxen’s yoke, and the branches, with the teeth, formed the

harrow and pulverized the friable soil. Large, untired and broad-wheeled wooden

carts were soon added, and roads were, by degrees, cut through the forest, stumped, and cleared.

The way and the wor‘: were thus made easier for our pioneer farmers and

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their sons. They began to enlarge their borders with greater rapidity than at the beginning. A strong demand for ship timber and lumber continued; and the winters were still profitably spent in the woods. In the spring the plough and harrow were kept moving over an ever-widening extent of clearance; and in the autumn or fall

loads of oats and potatoes were taken to the nearest ports and shipped to the markets of Enpland and the United States.