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LECTURE IN CHARLOTTETOWN

Twere was a good audience in McLeod's Hall last evening, including Hon. Senator Haythorne, Hon. David Laird, Mr. L. H. Davies, M. P., Hon. Donald Ferguson and many of our leading farmers and men of business. His Worship the Mayor presided. There was some misapprehension about the hour to begin; and Professor Robertson was, in consequence, somewhat late in coming. But Professor Shuttleworth came forward, and, to fill in the time, as it were, delivered a short address on agricultural chemistry and the principles of farming. He spoke clearly and well and made a decidedly good impression.

The warp and woof of Professor Robert- son's address was the same as that of the address delivered in Kensington andalready reported pretty fully by THe Examiner. He referred toa remark of the chairman that it was by means of farming that the people of this Province live, move and have their being; and _ said that as farming is the one chief industry, its farmers ought to do that one thing well. The interests of country- men and citizens are identical, and there should be more co-operation than there is. Certainly there are in Prince Edward Island the most favorable conditions in soil and climate for the successful prosecution of agriculture. But the people do not seem to be making half so much of these conditions as they should or could. This province is apparently one of the very best cattle-raising parts of Canada, and Canada is the best cattle-raising country in the world. But the farmers of this province have, heretofore, been devastating its sur- face, clearing the land of the heavy growth of vegetation which it had by nature, and while they are engaged in this work they have the right to live upon the stored-up fertility of the lands. After this has been done, however, they ought not any longer to rob old mother earth. If a man will go on robbing his fields, he will be an unsuccessful farmer. The soil is to the farmer nothing more than the shop with its shelves and floor and counter is to the mer- chant—it is merely a means, a convenience, by which he carries on his operations and makes his profits. If a man of business takes a well-filled store and goes on selling out the goods and spending the proceeds without replacing them by others, he will soon come to grief ; and if a farmer goes on taking away the stored-up fertility to his land, and does net put good manure into it, he will not succeed. This is what the far- mers of Prince Edward Island have, by the growth and sale of oats, done in the past. They must now, if they would continue to be successful, proceed to replace the stores of fertility which have been sold off the land by other stores. Todo this by means of imported fertilizers is expensive. The best way isto keep cattle, sell less of the substance of the soil and more of the finished products—the manufactured articles fit for the service of man.

Professor Robertson then described the Experimental Farms instituted by the Dominion Government under the direction of the Minister of Agriculture, and the ser- vices which it is intended that they shall perform for the farmers of this and other Provinces. He said that he didn’t see why farmers in this Province do not grow more small fruits for themselves and for sale, referred to the excellence of the fruits which he had seen growing on inkerman Farm, near New Perth, and said that what one man can do here others can and ought to do. He did not, he said, know any new gospel of agriculture and was not going to preach any. It has been clear from the beginning that a man cannot as a rule get something for nothing—except, in- deed, he marry a girl for her money. Usually, he must give an equivalent for all that he gets. Asa matter of fact the men who are content to produce raw ma- terials get less for their labor than those who produce the finished products. A farmer should if possible obtain the profit of both the producer of raw materials and the manufacturer of finished products. Thus he can grow hay and vats, and out of these manufacture a horse. If he sell hay and oats off his farm he sells a very large part of the substance of his land ; but if he sells a horse, he only sends away about 7 per cent of this;—the rest goes back to his fields. He ought to sell things which take away the least from the soil. The Professor then referred to the scope of butter markets of England—from 25 s. per ewt. to 140s. per ewt.—-and pointed out the possibility of profit from that source, if only the quality of our butter product be improved. In- cidently he referred to the folly of deep ploughing in the spring after the frost had been pulverizing the soil all winter and preparing - we a seed bed in the spring. Fall - ploughing should, he said, be deep ; spring cultivation shallow. He referred to the report of Mr. George Price, of Summerside, that he had grown twenty tons of hay to the acre, said that twenty-seven tons to the acre had been obtained at the Nappan Experimental Farm, and gave the average yield of corn over Canada at sixteen tons per acre,— equal to fourteen tons of ensilage at a cost of $1.75 cents per ton ; and every two tons

of ensilage is equal in value to one ton of hay. This, he said, would give his hearers an idea of the profit there is in raising corn. it is, he said, the secret of the fact that the farmer of the Western States is able to pro- duce cheap beef to be sent down here to undersell our farmers in their own markets. But we can, if we adopt the right methods, make beef just as cheaply as it can be made in any place in the world. Professor Robertson gave incidentally a few rules for the feeding of calves, which it may be as wellto bear in mind. He said that the ordinary calf should be fed for Just one week, and no more, on the milk as it comes from the mother—it should never be permitted to suck—for a man can’t afford to let it have the cream as well as the milk as long as there is money to be made out of butter. After the expiration of a week the calf should gradually brought to a diet of sweet skim milk. There should not be — grain or meal mixed with the milk, but ® little meal should be put dry into a trough or box so that the calf could put its head in and lick it up and salivate it be- fore swallowing. He had never known calf treated in this way to be troubled with either constipation or scours. The milk should alwava be sweet and warm. Three

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quarts of cold milk and one quart of hot water are better than four quarts of cold milk for either calvea or young pigs. The calf should be fed regu- larly—both as*to time and to the quantity of milk supplied ; and the person feeding the calf should never lose his temper when doing so.

Professor Robertson then described the points of a good milch cow, and said that she should be kept in good health and com- forable, and be milked for about ten months in the year. She should produce butter in the winter and cheese in the summer. About $7,000,000 came into Ontario last year from England, as payment for cheese exported from about eight hundred cheese factories. He would like to see a hundred cheese factories established in Prince Ed- ward Island in the next ten years, each bringing in, as each does in Ontario, about $10,000 a year.

Professor Robertson then described the process of milk-making in the cow’s udder, and the most approved process of butter making. In conclusion, he exhorted the farmers to put as much skill as possible into their labor, and to sell the products of labor and skill instead of the products of mere labor.

On motion of Senator Haythorne, seconded by F. T. Newbery, Esq., the thanks of the audience were unanimously voted to Professor Robertson for his excel- lent lecture. eo

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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Censurable Lavxity.

Srx,—Scarcely any wordscan be found too severe in which to censure the laxity of arrangement resulting in many gentle- men having to waste an bour in McLeod’s Hall between seven and eight o’clock last night, waiting for Professor Robertson's lecture to begin. During his brief visit to the Island the learned lecturer has already found that our audiences are most annoy- ingly impunctual and irregular, but this was not the case last night with all his listeners, although, it must be confessed, it was with some. But it is a crying shame that farm- ers, whose hour for retiring is earlier than that of town people, and who had to leave the city by the ten o'clock ferry boat, should have been deprived of half an hour of pleasant and profitable instruction (and, in fact, the most practi- cal part of the lecture) from Professor Robertson, whose visits must be only too few and far between, and this because of the carelessness which advertised the lec- ture as at seven and notified the lecturer for eight o'clock. We have only too much cause to deplore the apathy of our commun- ity as indicated by the slight attendance at lectures of an instructive kind, but such irregularities as the one now complained of is wei! calculated to increase this in- difference. Atthe instant of writing, I am not aware of whom it is that is directly answerable for this annoying irregularity, and thereforeI cannot be charged with personal bias. It matters little who it is— the carelessness remains andis to be de- precated. RESENTMENT.

A Strange Fish.

S1x,—There have been of late so many reports of sea monsters, and such like, that I, ia common with others, have been in- clined to believe that there there are no ‘such animals; and as newspaper men now generaily poke fun at big fish stort s, we are led to think that such reports ate but the exaggerated stories of seafaring men. But | have changed my wind, wien a man reliable and truthful, and not the least inclined to be scared or to exaggerate—re- ports as follows ;

“While sailing from one fleet of nets to enother, on Saturday, Sth inst., we noticed some sort of a large fish swimming towarls us ina zigzag course, As he neared the boat he made a bee-line for us, coming up to within eight yards of the stern, his head a jittle out ot the water, and about fifty feet of bis back visible, not knowing how much more we did not see. We could not see any eyeg, nor in- deed any mouth, but there was a sort of fringe or flabby substance whee the mouth ought to be, which he kept constantly in motion. Thinking he was near enongh for friendship, I picked up an oar and struck the stern of the boast several times, when he inimn:.liatly settl 7, and taking a ci:cuitous course, re- turned in the same way, setiling agin when about the same distance from us. This is the last I saw of his majesty, and I assure you I j wn HOt anxious for another lock at him. His actions «lid not seem friendly, and I felt like giving him a wide berth. He was about the color of a halibut or flatfish, but 1 saw no fins.

fis head, which was three or four feet wide, resembled that of a halibut; buat what he wag Ido not know, as I neveg saw a fish of the sane kind betore.”

He was goiag in a westwardly direction, and was seen by some of Coftin’s | bster fishermen in the evening, who report him to be of much greater dimensions. PIgcaTorR.

Lot 40, July 10, 1890.

Srxry aND Stitt Game.— The Pictor Standard says: One afternoon last week Mr. Clarence Primrose swam across Victou harbor and back, the time vccupicd being only three hours, and the distance four miles. He had to fight against the tide fully half the distance, but notwithstanding this he did not rest. What other man in his 60th year can beat this record ?

Tuey Arrived Lare.—The Bridgewater N. S., Lnterprise says : On Sunday evening last a wedding took place at New Germany, and the newly married couple were expected to putin an appearance at the morning service. As it happened the congregation were late at the morning service, and the newly married couple were somewhat later, but just as they arrived and were walking up the aisle the clergyman began giying out his text from Songs XIII., 5: ‘** Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness leaning upon her beloved,”

A ProrrrasLte Newsparer.— Rey. Dr. Goodspeed, having been abpointed professor at McMaster hall, Rev. 8, McCully Black, formerly of the Windsor T'ribwje, ‘succeeds tothe editorship of the Messenger aud Visitor. Rev. J. H. Saunders continues as business manager. It appears that the Messenger and Visitor isa very profitable and successful newspaper. Phe capital stock is $20,000, in 800 shares of $25 each. It has been paying 10 per cent dividends, the price of the paper he Aw reduced annum, the subscription Tit is now bltle upwards of 7.0000

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Religious Services.

The Rev. Dyson Hague, of St. Paul's Church, Halifax, will preach in St. Paul’s Church, 1 this city, morning and evening, to-morrow, the 27th inst., at the usual hour,

Railway Gospel Meeting. — Don’t forge! the Railway Gospel Meeting in McLeod's Hall

to-morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Strangers always welcome. Lesson, Colossians 3-1, ** If ye then be risen with (hrist, seek those

things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God.”

Baptist Church service in the schoolroom,

Prince Street. Rey. J. A. Gordon, M. A. astor. Preaching at 11 a, m. and 7 p m. Sunday school and pastor's Bible ‘Liss, 2.3u pm; Prayer meeting on Monday, 7.20 ; Klee- tion of Trustees, 8.15 p m; Prayer meeting Wednesday, 8pm. Strangers welcome. Ail seats free. There will be services in the Upper Metho- dist Church to-morrow at 1] a.m, by Mr Robert Sutcliffe, and at 7 pm, by Rev W W Brewer The Bible class will bold its regular meeting in the Y M CA Parlor this evening from 8 to 9 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Gordon will lead the class,

Zion Chureh services to-morrow will be as follows: In the morning at 11 by the pastor, and Mr G A Massicotte, from the Presby- terian College, Montreal, whe will give a short address in connection with French Evangeliza- tion work. The eveving service at 7 o'clock by the pastor. Morning prayer meeting 10.15; Sabbath school and Bible classes it 2.30 p m. . .

The Regular Gospel! Meeting will be held in the Y MC A Halil to morrow afternoon at 4

o'clock. This meeting will b: addressed by Mr E FGamboland Mr C A Tighe, from Ohio, Kensington Hall—Sunday services : Sunds) school at 2.30; evening service at 7 o'ci wk conducted by Mr Sutclitle —— Oe OOO ee ——aee Personal.

Mr. James Brown, C, E., is a guest at Gov- ernment House.

Professor Robertson left for Ottawa this morning. When next he lectures he will be “Out West.”

The Rev. Dr. Jenkins, lately of St. Paul's Church, Montreal, now of London, G. B., ar- rived in this city last evening. He and his wife and son are the guests of Mrs. McLennan, Prince Street.

A late issue of the Pittsfield Sun contains a lengthy description of a dwelling house re- cently erected for a gentleman named Lydig, at Lennox, Mass., the builder of which was Mr. Michael E. O’Brien, formerly of this Island. Mr. O’Brien left the Island when a boy, about thirteen years ago, settling in Len- nox afew years later, where, by his ability, he has taken a front place amongst the master builders. Tue EXAMINER congratulates Mr. O'Brien upon his success.

DIED.

Entered into rest, at Charlottetown, on the 26th July, 1890, Jobn Gilbert, youngest son of James Brown, civil engineer, in the 24th year of his age.

WEST INDIA SPRAMSHIP LINES.

Halifax, Bermuda, Turk’s Island and Jamaica.

THE Ss. S. “ALPHA,” S. Osborn Crowell, Commander, is appointed to sail from Halifax on the

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or the above ports. Returning, will leave Kingston, Jamaica, on the 27th of each month.

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The 8S. S. “BETA,” Angus N. Smith, Com- mander, is appointed to sail from Halifax for Havana, Cuba, on the

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leaving Havana for Halifax about 10 days later, ee direct or via port or ports on north side of Juba.

Excellent passenger accommodation amidships. Through Bills of Lading granted from Charlotte- town by S. S. “ Princess Beatrice.”

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Returning. will sail from Ss. John, TUEKS- DAYS, at 3.00 p. m., local.

Through rates of freight to New York v

‘'The New York, Maine and New Brunswic

8.8. Co.’ are now quoted at all Booking Sta- tions on P. E. Island Railway, where Through Tickets to New York also are issued.

By this route ® new market is yirtually thrown open to the producers of Prince Edward Island. Fish (pickled. dried or canned), Eggs, Potatoes, etc., are given rates from the several] stations on the Island Railway to New York, Pier No. 18, East River, (only 3 Piers fromthe Fulton Mar- ket), that are about equal (in some instances lower than are quoted), to Boston via other routes. ; 7 Shippers (especially those of Canned Goods Eggs and Potatoes), are kind'y requested to ask Agents to quote them the several rates by this line, that they may judge for themselves the ad- vantages thus presented to them. Shipping papers to accompany consignments willbe the same as by other lines, only.they must be consigned per “‘New York, Maine and eo B ee 8. ~ — 3 Steamer, The Railway track at St. John puns on to the Pier of the Steamship Line, thus avoiding Tor testes betareeall

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ENDERS will be received until 10th of August next, at the Charlottetown Steam

Navigation Co. (Ltd.) Office, for the erection

of a Mill Building, 50x50 feet.

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Hi Congregation of St Mary's Chureh | have been induced to give another of their | Grand Teas on the old grounds, Svuris Kast, |

On Thursday, 3ist of July.

The Committee have adopted « programme |

vhe me, j A Special ‘Train will leave Charlottetown | for Souris al 7 a, m,, standard time, or 8 a. m., local tme; and Summerside at 5 town at 7 Gs: m., standard or & a m, local time; Mount it 8204. w., standard time, or 9.20 a. m., ocrl time. Returning, will leave Souris at 4 30 p. m, standard time, or 5.30, local time.

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A special train will also leave Summerside at 6a. m. (local time) fares by which will be as follows :

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Return Tickets at one first-class fare will be issued from Charlottetown and intermediate stations by regular morning train on 3!st, good to return up to and including Aug. Ist.

eturn Tickets will also be issued from all booking stations between Tignish, Alberton, O'Leary, Wellington, Summerside, K ensing- ton, Emerald to Charlottetown, on the fore- noon of the 30th, good to return up to and in- eluding August Ist.

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