to the U.S.A . in 1885 was $479,340., while imports were valued at $230,319.; in 1886 exports were valued at $679,886., and imports dropped to $179,775. (26) Farmers from Kinkora were actively involved in the organization of the county and provincial agricultural exhibitions; (27) and they continued to win many top awards. One resident served on the board of directors of the Carriage Makers Association, Mr. Ambrose Monaghan , whose own business was later to become not only an Island success but a Canadian success. (28) The branch railroad schedule was &$&&&&&&&, in 1887, from tri¬ weekly to daily runs. (29) The residents continued to vote for the Conservatives, both provincially and federally; (30) and to attribute much of the' i 'success story to the policies of those governments; as one resident at a political meeting in Kinkora proudly replied to a Liberal questioner, the farmers there would be voting Conservative because they "liked the feel of their pockets under the present admin¬ istration." (31) Horse-racing and tea parties continued to of some be major forms of entertainment, and pjMubkttA!^ revenue to the people of Kinkora . placed In the midst of this positive review must be '&£6* i a few less encouraging signs. By 1887 some reports were identify¬ ing a decrease in foreign demand for P.S.I , oats, jbujtter and potatoes, and a lowering of market prices} vwfflji P.E.I. was importing an average of 6500 barrels of flour each year while its wheat production was not increasing to satisfy the demand. A wet seson in 1888 caused a blight to attack t ^ Mac mi llatv , M/3 : H-^ S ) 75,