AGEICULTinAL I^ESOlTvCES. Ill 



harsli easterly wiiul.- aiv most diilly, and yet in cvi'iy ilircrtiou 

 for miles around tile city arc wcU-cuItivateil, proiUutivc larms, 

 and a considerable i'arminc- ]Mi|nilati<jn. Oats and luirlcv of the 

 best quality are grown, and even wluat has been tried with suc- 

 cess, as an exjieriment. " The disiric t t>l' St. John's," says Bouuy- 

 castle, "is especially well adapted for a grazing country, and the 

 imi^orted and home-raised catlU' look as plumj) and as sleek as 

 those of any other part of the world : and I have seen cows at 

 some of the farms which wnuM nol discredit the dairies of 

 Devon." 



AGRICLI.Tl UAI. .SHOAV. 



Since Bonnycastle's day farming around St. John's lias jnade ' 

 great advances, and a superior stock of cattle and sheep has been 

 introduced. The annual agricultural shows held in the city 

 would not discredit any country. The exhibits of root crops and 

 grain, the products of the dairy, the cattli' and shee]), all bear 

 witness to the industry of the ]ie(iple and the jiniductiveness of 

 the soil when duly cultivated. What then mav we not antici- 

 pate when the deep soil of the sheltered valleys in the warmer 

 interior and the more favoured Avest coast are brimght under 

 cultivation. 



SIR STKPHEX Hll.r. 



Sir Stephen Hill, who was C4overnor in 1873, says in one of 

 liis despatches that "the agricidtural cajiahilities of the island 

 are far greater than are usually assigned to it, and that large 

 portions of it are capable of a high cultivation. The area of the 

 fertile portions, added together, amount to many millions of 

 acres. With respect to the jjroducts of the colony, potatoes, 

 turnips, cabbages, peas, beans and indeed all vegetables which 

 grow in England, arrive at the highest state of ]ierfection in 

 Newfoundland. Of cereals, its Parley and oats will not suffer 

 by comparison with the ]iiddiice of \o\a Scotia ; and even 

 wheat can be ripened in spots, tliougli as a rule not as a profit- 

 able crop. As regards fruit, cunvints, -tiawberries, gooseberries 

 and cherries, with other fruit, gi-ow in the gardens ; and count- 



