Offered for sale, December 24, 1868, Freehold farm. In Township 16 near Auld's Mills, a freehold farm consisting of 84 acres, 8 under cultivation and the remainder covered with hard and soft wood. There is a good brook on it and it is near a good mussel bank. Apply to , Rd. Lot 17. The second farm offered for sale that same year was the properly of the Presbyterian church elder Archibald Camp ¬ bell. The farm was being sold by his son, Andrew, who was leaving the Island: The subscriber intending to leave the island next autumn offers for sale the whole of his valuable property situated in Lot 16 , Prince Co ., consisting of 200 acres of land. 100 acres of Freehold, all cleared and under cultivation, having a front of 20 chain on and 20 acres of excellent marsh, the whole of the land has been covered with mussel mud. There are on the premises a good dwelling house with large kitchen attached; a wood house, a large barn, hay house, granary, poultry house, a good garden, orchard, etc. 100 acres leasehold adjoining the Freehold. 30 acres cleared and 14 acres ready to clear; the balance is covered in fence poles and wood. The whole farm is fenced with cedar. The right to the prop¬ erty is stipulated in the lease. The above property is considered to be the handsomest in Lot 16 . It is pleas- andy situated, is only 7 miles from Summerside and is in the immediate neighbourhood of churches, school houses, mills, blacksmith forge and other conveniences. It is only a short distance from the mussel mud and an abundance of creek mud and seaweed on the farm shore. The property will be sold on one or two lots to suit purchaser. Auction Tuesday, July 27th. When the land question was resolved in 1873, the average size of a farm in Lot 16 ranged from fifty to 150 acres. This acreage remained the norm up to the 1960s. The farmers of Lot 16 took pride in their properties and most raised large United Church and Its People