Chapter Notes: The Land 1. Frank Ledwell , The North Shore of Home ( Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 1986), 81. 2. A. H. Clarke , Three Centuries and the Island ( Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1971), 73. 3. Doug Baldwin, The Land of the Red Soil ( Charlottetown : Ragweed Press, 1998), 86. 4. R. J. Clarke , "Advice to the Farmers of P. E. Island ," The Herald, 9th November 1864. 5. "Cattle Sheep and Agricultural Produce," The Examiner, 21st April 1851. 6. "The Second Annual Report of the Royal Agricultural Society," The Islander, 7th March 1851. 7. "Royal Agricultural Society," Haszard's Gazette , 9th September 1851. 8. The Islander, 7th March 1851. 9. "Kings County Cattle Show and Ploughing Match," Haszard's Gazette , 12th October 1853. 10. Elinor Vass , Early Agriculture on PEI and the of the Agriculture Societies. 1827-1845 ( Charlottetown : UPEI, 1975), 4-5. 11. Cornelius Howatt , "The Family Farm" in Canadian Antiques Collector: A Journal of Antique and Fine Arts, Marion Bradshaw ed., no. 1 ( Centenary Issue: M.F. Goldenberg , 1973), 64. 12. A. T. Lucas , "Sea Sand and Shells as Manure," Studies n Folk Life, Geraint Jenkins ed. (New York : Barnes and Noble Inc ., 1969), 184. 13. Francis Bain . The Natural History of Prince Edward Island ( Charlottetown : G.H. Haszard , 1890), 25. H. Alan MacRae , "Useful mud," The Graphic (7th March 1990). J 5. Interview with Gertie Yorston . St. Peters Bay , 19th January 2000. 109