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HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. | Wepsespay, February 24th, 1858. MODEL FARM,

House ir ‘ommittee on the Memorial of the Committee of the Roya! Agr ultural Society. Mr. McDonald in the Chair.

The Chairman read the Memorial which sets forth, that, in consequence of the great losses sustained in the stock imported { for their form, and the great cost of the stock, the farm had | become seriously involved ; and that, to meet its liabilities, a | sum larger than they could hope to obtain from the House, would be necessary ; that, in consequence of the large amount of | money voted by the Llouse, they did not think it proper to sell | the stock, crop, &c., to liquidate their liabilities, until the) matter had received the sanction of the House; that £1,596. will be required to psy ihe debt, replace the stock lost, and | carry onthe farm; and praying the House to take the matter | into consideration, so that, if the necessary funds for carrying | iton be not granted, the Committee may take measures for | closing the concern atan early day.

Mr. H. ILAVILAND, on rising to address the Chairman, thought it necessary to explain how the Memoria! happened to be put into lis hands for presentation to the honorable House. J was, said the hon. and learned member, the only member in the House, when the Officers of the Society entered it, for the purpose of placing their Memorial in the hands of some mem- ber of the House tor presentation; and so, for ihat purpose, it

happened to fallintomine. At the tune, continued the hon. and } learned member, when the Modei Farm was about to be under-|

taken, we were almost all in favor of it; for then it was con- fidently asserted, and general'y believed, that the concern would prove a self-sustaining one; but now the accounts of the managers, ke those of some other public concerns, show a balance onthe wrong aide. ft rests with the House to say, on consideration of their Memorial, their accounts and inventory valuation of stock, crop and nnplements oa their farm, whether they shall recewe such assistance out of the public purse, as will enable (hem to carry on the farm; or whether it shall be recommended to them to sell off their stock, crop and imple- ments, to | quidare their habdilities, and close the concern. if] the House is of opinion that the country receives little or no | benefit from the Mode! Farm, the sooner the Society shail sell off the better. That is the question te be decided to-night. | And should the House determine to grant the Society no farther | assistance,on account of their farm, there will arise another question, which this House, | think, should also decide: and | that is, whether the whole of the stock, which is a most valua- | ble one indeed, shall be sold off upon the farm ; or whether it| shell be equally and fairly divided into three parts ; one third to | be sold on the farm, one-:hird at Georgetown, and one-third at St. Kieanor’s. I would myself say that the fairest way would | be to assign one-third, for sale, in each of the Counties ; but { would not confine the sales, in each County, 'o residents of the County. ‘The object will be to secure as large a return as possible ; and, therefere, the greater the competition at the sales, the better.

Hon. Mr. WIGHTMAN.—I very much regret that after this House has manifested, by the liberality of its grants, so strong a desire for the establishmeyt and success of the Model | Farin, that, in two years, it should have incurred debts and | losses to so serious an amount as £1,500. ‘This is certamly enough to disgust the Legislature, and to raise an outcry, throughout the country, against the public support of a concern. from which the people derive no adequate return or benefit. Ii certainly could not have been expected that the farm would, in one or two years, become self-sustaining : and, had not the con- cern incurred so large a debt, in so short a time, there wonld, | in all likelihood, have existed, in the House, a dispositien so | favorable to the experiment, as would have induced tie con-| unuance of legislative aid, for a year or two longer, with a view | tothe ensuring of its final success. Its early involvement. it ought not, however, to be forgotten, is, by no means, attributable to any neglect or mismanagement on the part of the directors of the concern, or of those to whom the details of its manage-| ment were more immediately entrusted ; but, wholly and solely, to unavoidable losses of stock, sustained at sea; and to the | fact that preater expenses were. at the beginning, incurred in | the working of the farm, than, in the previous estimate thereof, had beeu calculated upon. It is aiso very clear that, before the expiration of two or three years, there could not be stock raised upon the farm, for distribution throughout the couniry ; but now, in consequence of the apparently irretrievable involve- ment of the concern, to such eventus! advantage, we can no longer iook forward ; and the undertaking must, I think, beat once abandoned ; fur certainly this House would not be justified in graming to the Society, after the large amount formerly granted to thei, such further aid—no less than £1,500—as would relieve them from their present emarrassments. | went out, to-day, with other members of the Legislature, to look at the stock upon the farm; and I venture to say of it, that Ido not think a finer stock, whether of sheep, horned cattle, or horses, can be found upon any one farm in any country. I believe that if the stock were to be kept upon the farm and duly advertised to be sold thereon, after the opening of the Davigation, many individuals wou!d come over from Nova Scotia, with the intention of becoming purchasers of some of the choice animals of which it is composed ; and, by thus extending the sale to the agriculturists of the neighbouring provinces, a much larger sum might be realized by it, than if it were confined to the Island. [ut certainly 1 would be much wiser, much better to confine it to the Island ; for then, what might be lost in one way, would be gained in anoiher ; less money might be realized by the sales, but the animals of superior breed which have been imported, for the benefit of the Colony, would be preserved to it. As fur dividing the stock into three equal parts, one to be sold in each of the counties, I think that would not answer the purpose of those most immediately concerned, who, no doubt, | naturally wish to raise as much by the sale of it as possible 3 | for we all yery well know, that, if so!d on the Farm, or in) Charlottetown. all the animals—the more desirable ones | especially— would bring much larger pricee, than if they were | cistributed, for sale, at different places. Wierever it is certain | there can be ensured the greatest competition amongst pur- | chasers, that certainly ought to be the place of sale; and we | must all agroe, that that place is Charlottetown. ‘The desire of some, anxious to become purchasers, would, doubtless, be to | keep down the prices, witha view to their own individual | benefit ; but if the whole stock be sold at one place and tiane. ail anxious to purchase, and having means to do so, will attend there and then ; and, through a fair and open spiritof competition }

‘ _ the highest prices will be realized. Soid, however, even in|

Cisarloutetown, where the interests of the Society certainly |

require that it should be sold, the stock, at this time of general | animals, purchased into one county, should be allowed to pass | right authoritatively to dictate to them, how they are to dispose

pecuniary embarrassment, when imouey is so very scarce, will not, in my opinion, bring, in all, more than about £500 or £600; although, at atime of greater prosperity, a much larcer amouprt, no doubt, would be realized by its sale ; for it is, unquestion ably, a most valuable stock, in all respects. The mare is cer- tainly a splendid animal: she muy be a little too large for this | country ; but, by crossing the breed, many very fine and | suitable horses may be derived from her. And, as for the pigs, | they are exsctly the kind we ought to have here ; easy tc be | fed and brought to market. 1, for one, certainly do not wish | that the experiment of the farm should be continued ; and 1 thnk the best thing that can now be done with the concern, is to sell off every thing, and close it immediately. In thus ex-| pressing myself, | speak not only my own sentiments, but also | those ef my constituents, who have mstructed me to oppose any urther grants to the Model arm, should any be proposed.

“Mr MUIRHEAD.—I think it would be unfair to confine the

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| barrassment, or not. For my own part, [ am fully prepared |

expense of the other parts of the Island. ‘The stock upon the | farm is, strictly speaking, the property of the people ; for it has | been purchased with the people’s money ; and. therefore, no! disposal of it could be just, unless it were equally divided, for sale, among the three counties. |

Hon. Mr. WHELAN.—I was also, at first, inclined to think | that the fairest way of disposing of the stock, would be to allot) equal shares of it, for sale, to each of the counties; but, on | reflection, it now appears to me that that would not be the best | way ; forthe chief object, under the inauspicious circumstaners | whic: necessitate the sale of the stock, must be the realizing of | as much money by it as possible; and, judging from our | experience of the past, we must be well aware that the sending of | any of the animals, into King’s County, or Prince Counry, for sale, would cause a diminution in price. [f the stock is to be | disposed of to the best advantage, that is, for the highest prices | which can be obtained, it must be sold in Charlotte:own ; and, : in order to secure the very highest prices, 1 think it would be | well so to order the sale, thatan opportunity might be afforded | to some of the moneyed, practical, and enterprising agriculturists of Nova Scotia, to compete fur the purchase of some of the, animals, with the like class of our Island farmers.

Mr. PERRY.—Hon. members have taken up the question as ! | to the most advisable way of selling tlie stock, before they have | determined that it shall be sold. The first question, | th nk, | which we have to decide, is, shall ahe stock be sold, or will |this House agree to relieve the Society from its pecuniary ,embarrassments, by granting them sucha sum as would be; sufficient to enable them, at least, to pay off their debts. If iwe decide that we will not grant them such relief, and that, therefore, the stock must be sold; it will then, perhaps, be proper for us to enquire in what way it will be most advisable to sell it.

Mr. CLARK.—The stock, in my opinion, cannot be dispos- ed of for its real value, naless it be sold in Charlottetown ; and, therefore, under present circumstances, when it so desirable

that as much as possible should be realized by the sale of it, 1!

think it would be wrong to ailot any part of, it for sale, to any other part of the country. ‘The persons, wherever they reside,

who really want to purchase any partof it, will attend the sale. | f j ’

wherever it may take place ; and certainly it ought to be sod where it will bring the most. The concern is a losing one, and the sooner we have done with it the better; but, at the saine time, it is our duty to see that as much as possible shall be made out of it at its close. Whilst on my legs, I will take leave to say, that I have always been opposed to bounties, on the principle that if a concern or business, when properly managed, is not tound to be renmunerative it onglit at once to be «bandoned ; and the Model Parm is acase in point. I have, it is true, | sometimes been induced ty forego my own judgment, and to swerve from this principle, through deference to the opimions of | others; but, with respect to all such cases, the results have

| proved to me, that | would have done right, had I aeted in

accordance with my own tibiassed judgment.

Hon. the SVEAKNR.—We are certainly with undue! haste, jumping to a conclnsion at once; forgetting that, before we take up the consideration, whether we ought to sanction, or recommend, to the Royal Agricultural Society,

shall come to be disposed of, we are called upon to decide in | the first placewhether we will consent, by a further legisla- | tive pecuniary grant, to help them out of their present em-!

. . ' to oppose the making of any further grant, to the Society, ,

for the support of the Model Farm. The experiment has,

unfortunately, proved a failure; and should we agree to

make any further pecuniary grants for its support, we would. | [ believe, in doing so, be actually contravening the declared wishes ef our constituents. I, therefore, think that few, if any of the members of this House, will be inclined to take any other view of that primary question, than that which [. entertain myself, which is simply, that, whether we regard the il! success, in which all the laudable eiTorts of the Society and of this House to render the experiment prosperous, have terminated, or bear in mind the provision which we are | bound to make out of the revenue, for more legitimate objects of public service; or consider it to be our duty to conform to the wishes or instructions of our constituents, we canuot feel that we should be justified in making any further ap- propriation of moneys, at this time, for the purpusc of sus- taining the Model Farm. Besides, the Society tnemsclves, whilst acknowledging the past liberality of this House, towards them, say that they cannot, at this time, reasonably expect any further legislative aid to be extendel to them, with a view to enabling them to carry onthe Model Farm. | The deciding of this question cannot, then, L think, be a subject of much difficulty. Laving disposed of it, we may, in the next place, consider how far it is our duty to sanction or direct any particular mode of the sale of the stock, which must ensue after the refusal of any further legislative aid shall have been communicated to the Socicty. Anti- cipating that sale, I cannot, however, even whilst recog; nizing the necessity of securing the largest returns which can prudently be realized by it, agree with the hon. member for King’s County, (Hon. E. Whelan,) that, for the sake of en- hancing the prices, it would be well to afford an opportunity to the enierprising agriculturists of Nova Scotia, to become purchasers of some of the fine animals constituting the live

stock upon the Model Farm. [agree with that hon. member, | that, were such an opportunity to be afforded, it is very likely |

that some of the moneyed, enterprising, and scientific agri- culturists of Nova Scotia, might become competitors at the sale, and, most probably, purchasers, at high prices, of a portion of the stock; but I submit, that to allow strangers from other Colonies to purchase, even at the very highest prices, and carry out of the Island some of the best, or per- hans the very best, of the fine anima!'s which have, with so much care, been selected in the old country, and, at so great

an outlay, purchased and imported by us, would be very bad them by this House ; and that, therefore, it is not within our

policy indeed. Let us, on no account, consent that any of these animals shall be taken out of the Island ; the enhanced prices whiclk might be r ceived for them, would be pro- digiously overbalanced by the loss, which, by their expor- tation, would be sustained by our immediate agricultural interests. And neither do I think that any of the male

from it into another county. Some restrictive obligations to this effect, should be enforced upon purchasers at the general sale ; that the closing of the concern may be made to impart

‘I would, therefore, say let the stock be sold here. Our re-

Model Farm, by its founder—(I need not, through an affee- tation of delicacy, refrain from naming him; for it is well known that Judge Peters was the founder of the Farm)— and, I say, when we take into account the time and pains bestowed upon the concern, by that gentleman, himself, not only a scientific, but a practical agriculturist, as well as simi- lar well directed exertions, on the part of other members of the Royal Agricultural Society, to ensure its success; that the results should be so unsatisfactory and discouraging, as to demand that it shall be immediately discontinued, is truly astonishing. I agree with the hon. member for King’s County (Hon. E. Whelan) and also with the hon. member for Prince County (Mr. Clark) that if the stock be distributed for sale, amongst the three countics,—one third to each,—it will not realizeone third as much as if sold on the Parm, or in Charlottetown ; for there is not, generally speakiing, moncy !

‘enough amongst the farmers in the country, to enable!

them to give the full value for animals of superior breeds. |

fusing to make a further grant in aid of the Model Farm. !

gave, to the Agricultural Society, the money with which they purchased the stock now on their farm, the stock is positively theirs, and we have nothing to do with it, and can have no right to dictate to them how they are to dispose of it. If we decline to give any more money in aid of the Model Farm, we certainly, in euch case, have done with it altogether; and we cannot then have any right to control the society touching the sale of their stock thereon: yet still, as the concern was undertaken with public money, for the public good, [ am certainly of opinion that even the closing of it should be con- ducted in such a way as will be most likely generally and equally 10 benefit farmers throughout the whole extent of the Island ; aud, as respects the sale of the stock, this, I think, can be effected in no other way, than by allotting to each county, for sale therein, one third of it. Than myself, no one can be more sincerely anxious for the general good of onr farmers ; and | would freely go as far as any one, to promote any reasonable scheme, having for its objects the general advancement of our agricultural interests ; but, as regards the Model Farm, we must, f am *fraid, after the very untortunate trial which we have had of it, allow it to go down ; for its tendency, like thos

of too many of our Island concerns, at this lime, seems to bea hopelessly downwards,

does not, [ need searcely say, shut out the Royol Agricnitural | Hon. the, SPEAKER.--1 have drawn up a resolution, with

Society, from our usual favorable consideration, with respect j ‘he meemune a ae it to the committee, and f wil : : ; ; ‘now . . s ’ : uz

to its more general objects ; but that will be determined upon | "OY fea . he Hon. the Speaker then read his resolution

hen the House shall be in Committee on Supplies eins when the ELcuse Sfali De In Committee on Suppiltes, | Resolved, That it is ineXpedient to make a further grant of

Hon. Mr. MOONEY.—It is very well known that [ have money for the support or management of the Model Agricultura! ‘never been favorable to the large grants which have been | Farm ; and that the stock, &c., be disposed of in such a mar-

‘annually made to the Agricultural Society ; for I have always

thought and maintained that the benefits thereby conferred , upon the country, were but very partially experienced ; and | that the general good effected by them, but very inadequately | compensated the people for the large appropriations of their | money to that Society ; and as for the Model Farm, I was, | from the first, disposed, like the hon, member for Prince | County, (Mr. Clark) to sing its requiem ; and now, the result 7 ‘of the experiment fully verifies my prediction concerning it. | [ agree with those hon. members who have spoken against

our allowing any of the stock imported by the Agricultural

Society, to be taken out of the country, tiat such obligations : should be imposed upon purchasers, of any and every part of such stock, as would provide for its being kept in the country.

Kor the moneys which we have, from time to time, so largely, granted for the encouragement of agriculture, we have had | but very inadequate returas made to us, through the opera- ' tions of the Agricultural Society, I, therefore, think it will

be wise in us to keep what valuable animals we have got, by

their importations, and not allow them to be taken away,

either to any of the neighbouring provinces. or to the United

States.

| Hon. COLMNIAL TREASURER.—I quite agree with |

ithe Hon. the Speaker, that we cannot, with any shew of |

propriety, agese to make any further grant in aid of the| Model Farm ; and that, as it has no resources within itself, ' whereby its present pecuniary embarrassments can be got rid . of, and its future progress ensured, we must, however reluc- | tantly, abandon the concern to its fate ; und acquiesce in the | propriety of closing it immediately, as suggested to us by the committee of the Socicty, in their Memorial now before as. | And L[ also, further, agree, with the Hon. the Speaker, that, if the stock be apportioned for sale, one third to each of the! counties, a very serious loss will be consequent on the sale of such animals as may be sold in Prince and King’s Counties ; and, in the correctness of this opinion, my own individual experience fully bears me out. [ certainly would be very glad if such a»partition and apportioning of the stock amongst | the counties, as has been spoken of, vou'd be pradently and ,

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depreciate the sales, L cannot think that it will be seriously | insisted upon in this House. However, I do not conceive | that, if we take a right view of the subject, we shall find | that we have any right todictate to the Society, where, or in | what way, they shall dispose of the stock now on their farm. | That stock, it is true, was purchased with money grauted by | this House; but. the stock, nevertheless is theirs, and not) ours. They applied to us for a grant of money to enable | them to carry out certain purposes; and, with a view to the | ultimate benefit of the country, we thought proper to accede | to their application; the grant was made for the specified | purpose, and certain stock was purchased with it, and placed | upon their farm; and that stock is pusitively the property of the Society ; and, although they have very properly considered ' that, as this House granted them the money to buy their | stock, they were bound, at the least, to consult us about the | selling of it, their having done so does not, as [ apprehend it, place the stock entirely at our disposal, We may, ; however, with great propricty, consider, and determine, how ‘the stock may be disposed of to the best advantage; and, ‘having done so, our views on that subject, communicated to | them, will, déubtless, mainly, if not wholly, influence them | with respect to the sale thereof. Now that the giving up of | ‘the Model Farm and the abandonment of the public benefits | which were expected ultimately to be realized by its opera- | tion, in the rearing of animals of the best and most valued | ‘breeds, seems inevitable, the main object is the distribution | throughout the covftry, of the valuable stock ; and if that | could be properly effected, even by giving the animals away, | it would eoufer a most important and lasting benefit upon | the Colony. | ' Tlon. Mr. MOONEY —! perfectly agree with the fon. the / Col. ‘Vreasurer, that the steck in question is positively the |property of the Agricultural Society, notwithstanding the fact ‘that the money with which they purchased it, was granted to

province to compel them to dispose of il, either in one Way or janother. But, Ll think, it would be proper for the committee of | Agricultural Society to draw up a resolution or plan for regula- | ting the sale of the live stock, grain, and other effects, belonging ity them, now upon the Model Farm ; and to submit it to us, for |our revision and coneurrence. So much, from the Society, is, | 1 think, due to this House ; but. in my opinion, we can have no

of what is positively their own property. Mr. YEO.—I am indeed very sorry that the experiment of | ithe Mode! Farm has proved a failure. [| lave always supported, |

ner as the committee of the Royal A®ricultural Society shall deem most advantageous,

Mr. PERRY.—1f we adopt that Resolution, we shall bind ourselves tomake good any deficiency. If the amount, realized by the sale of their stock, fall short of the liabilties of the Society, on account of their Farm, as no doubt it will, and very considerably too; that Resolmion, if we agree to it, will bind us to make good such deficiency whatever may be its amount.

Hon. the SPEAKER.—If we Jook at the Memoria! of the Society, it will be apparent that they look upongall the stock, grain, and implements upon the Farm, as public property ; and they do so very properly, | think ; for it was all purchased with public money. T[ attended a late meeting of the committee of the Society, when the business under the:r consideration wag the pecumary involvement of the Farm; and, when the necessity which they conceived this involvement laid them under of sell- ing their stock was declared, as they could hope for no adequate means of relief from the Legislature; | said, that, as all their stock must be accounted public property, it was my opinion that they could not, with propriety, proceed to a sale of it, without having previously obtained the sanction of the Assembly to such a proceeding ; and to that end, they would do weil, I thonght, to memorialize this House. :

Mr. PERRY.—The only meaning which 1 particularly see inthe Resolution, is, that, if the Agricultural Society, undertake the sale of their stock, under the sanction or authority of this House, then, whatever may be their deficiency of means to pay their debts, this Heuse will be bound to make it good.

Mr. YKO —Since seemingly we are resolved not to assist therm eut of their pecuniary difficulties, | think our wisest course will be to allow them to make the most they can of their stock, in whatever Way lacy themselves may deem it most advisable to sell it.

Mr. POP#.—I shall go ayainst granting anything more in aid of the Model Farm, with a view to us continuance; but | think it isa public mstitution, having been established ander the auspices of this Honse, and by pecuniary means vored by this House ; and that, therefore, on the winding up of its affairs, consequent upon its inselveney, this Heuse will be

; bound to make good whatever may be the deficiency of means

for the payment of the debts, incurred by its operation. The

concern belongs to the whole Island, and the three Counties

have each an equal share init; and, as the sale of the stock seems to be inevitable, it is for us, the representatives of the whole Island, to say whether the stock sha'l be seld here. in

cwarrantably made ; but, as we all know that it would greatly | Charlottetown, for, as it might seem, the especial benefit of

(ueen’s County, or whether it shall be, as 1 maintam it ought to be, duly apportioned for sale amongst the three Counties, 80 that no one County shall lave better opportunities fo make more desirable and advantages purchases, than the other two. ‘he hon. member from Darnley (Mr. Ciark) has said that, in con- seming to the granting of means, by this House, for the e-- tablishinent of the Model Farm, he surrendered his judgment to others : perhaps he did, as that would not be anything new for him; for [think he has very often, for reasons best known to himself, surrendered both hi:nself and his judgment to the guidance of others. But, whether the institution originated ina genera! mistake in judgment, both on the part of the leading members of the Agricultural Society, and the members of this House, [ will not presume to say. That the under- taking has heen eminently unfortunate, is, however, beyond all

doubt ; and all that now remains for us to do, is to make the’

most we can gut of the urlucky concern. [am very far indeed from wishing to impute the losses which have been sustained to any neglect or mismanagement,on the part of any upon whom responsibilty has immediately rested, in the concern ; for | believe thove losses were quite accidental, and altogether unavoidable ; and the state of the farm, and the condition ot the animals upon it. speak largely and most eatisfactorily for the skilful and caretul management of the whole. What I am now inclined to say, with respect to it, is this: let the whole stock be sold, and let each County have its full share of it. We ought not to make the sale a matter of mere pounds, shillings and pence; but Jiberaily direct it, with an equal view to the good of all the agriculturists in the Island. Iu Prince County the farmers, generally speaking, are not so well able to make purchases, as they of Queen’s County are; bat u ought to be remembered that Queen’s County 4s now very well sap- plied with animals of the best and most approved breeds ; and dne consideration for the supply of the “ante, in that respect, of the less fortunate Prince and Queen’s Counties, should be manifestec, by the House, when an occasion, such as the pre- sent, enables them to do so.

Mr. DINGWELL.—I perfectly agree with all that has been said by the kon. member, Mr. Pope, concerning the prospective sale of the live stock now on the Mode! Farm, That stock is, most unquestionably, public property; the property of the whole people of the Island, and each of the three Counties hag an equa! claim to it. Any distribution of that stock, therefore, whether by sale or otherwise, which should give to the people of any one County greater opportunities of advantage than were ex-

itended to the other two, would be manifest injustice. In

Queen’s County, in the neighbourhood of Charlottetown in particular, the farmers have had every opportunity afforded them, by the sales of the finest animals and the most improved im- plerments of husbandry, in Charlottetown, to supply themselves with the most choice of such animals and the best of such mm.

| by my vote, in this House, every proposition, the carrying of| plements; and, generally speaking, they have very wisely

-and secure to the country as much certain and direct benefit, |

i ; f; : It} ‘ol | which would, in my opinion, prove beneficial to our agriculture ; | as can possibly be derived from it. Itis certainly very much) , 44 under tie impression that the Model Farin would, not only

to be regretted that so complete a failure should be expe- prove a nursery forthe raising of young animals of the best and | rienced in an undertaking, frSm which we were all most most approved breeds, for the general supply of our farmers | willing to expect results most beneficial to the country. [| but alse become an agricultural school, for the diffusion, through | am very far from intending to cast condemnatory reflections, | the influence of example, of the principles of practica! aang

: : ; : ;_' farming througho he Is artily concurred in the upon any who have had, either the direction, or the immedi- | farming aa Sper Island, I heartily cc i f te cote eli:the ‘ns of the Model Farm; but it | 9P!@!0") generally entertained in this House, of the propriety © ote MangAgeams, OF Fae, Aeenmm j ded it "omrese |making such a grant to the Agricultural Society as would | certainly seems as if some fatality had attended its progress, | 6, .h1¢ thein to carry out their views, in those respects, for the |

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from its very commencement ; and, really, When we consider | general good. For my ready concurrence in the views generally | that no such losses at sea, in the importation of stock, as we | entertained in this House, | was censured by my constituents | have twice, of late, sustained, has been experienced by the and I am truly sorry to be obliged to adait, that results of the

availed themselves of such opportunities to betrer their cond:- tion, both with respect to their live stock and their farming utensils ; and are, consequentiy, greatly in advance of many of their jess favored brvther agriculturists of King’s and Prince Counties. Such, so long and so uniformly, have been the superior advantages, in these respects, enjoyed by the agri- culturists of Queen’s County, especially of those immediately around Charlottetown, whiether they have arisen from the mere accident of locality, or been secured by covert and skiifal mara@uvring, that [ am aimost inclined to hope that parties, direcily concerned therein,—how much more soever they might be l.kely to be benefited by the sale of the Society's sock, [ Continued on last page.)

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