ISLAND FARMER(1) 
     
    
   
   
    
     ISLAND FARMER(1) July 31, 1878 - Nov. 20, 1878; 
     
     Jan. 4, 1889(?) - Dec. 19, 1947(2). 
     
    
   
   
    
     LOCATION Summerside, P.E.I.. 
     
    
   
   
    
     FREQUENCY Weekly on Wednesdays,July 31, 1878 - 
     
    

    
     Nov. 20, 1878; Jan. 2, 1901 - Dec. 
     
     30, 1936(?); 
     
    

    
     Weekly on Fridays, Jan. 4, 1889(?) — 
     
     Jan. 10, 1889; Oct. 10, 1947 - 
     
     Dec. 19, 1947; 
     
    

    
     Weekly on Thursdays, Jan. 17, 1889 — 
     
     Dec. 27, 1900; 
     
    

    
     Weekly on Tuesdays, Jan. 11, 1939(?) — 
     
     Sept. 30, 1947. 
     
    
   
   
    
     TITLE VARIES Prince Edward Island Farmer, July 31, 
     
     1878 - Nov. 20, 1878; 
     
     Island Farmer, Jan. 4, 1889 — Dec. 19, 
     
     1947. 
     
    
   
   
    
     PUBLISHER Schurman Bros., July 31, 1878 — Nov. 
     
     20, 1878; 
     
     Pioneer Publishing Co., Jan. 4, 1889 — 
     
     Sept. 29, 1898. 
     
    
   
   
    
     PROPRIETOR Pioneer Publishing Co., Nov. 24, 1898- 
     
     Dec. 19, 1947. 
     
    
   
   
    
     PROSPECTUS 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Island Farmer began publication in 1878. It had only 
     
     been published for several months by Schurman Bros. when it 
     
     ceased publication, not to be resumed until 1889 by the 
     
     Pioneer Publishing Co.. In 1878, the Island Farmer was 
     
     primarily an agricultural paper, featuring articles on 
     
     farming. Poetry, fiction, articles on household management, 
     
     and short news articles were all published as well. During 
     
     the 18905, local coverage of agriculture and news was very 
     
     good. Editorials discussed issues of local concern to 
     
     farmers, including health regulations, trade, and processing 
     
     facilities for farm products. During the first two decades 
     
     of the twentieth century, the Island Farmer's editorials 
     
     promoted the improvement of agriculture on P.E.I. by sup- 
     
     porting Farmers' Institutes, Women's Institutes, more in— 
     
     tensive farming methods, agricultural exhibitions, improved 
     
     seed, honest sales practices and, during World War I, im- 
     
     proved pork production for the war effort. 
     
    
   
   
    
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