.AGRICULTURE IN NEWFOUNDLAND. 



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LEADING TICKELS, A SAMPLE COAST TOWN. 



rule well wooded. In the great valleys of the Gander, 

 Gambo, Terra Nova and Exploits there are 3,320 

 square miles of land suitable for farming, the soil be- 

 ing of a rich loam, composed of alluvial deposit and de- 

 cayed vegetable matter. There are also many smaller 

 fertile tracts around the heads of bays and lakes, and 

 along the smaller streams, making in all not less than 

 5,000 square miles of land suitable for cultivation. 

 The census of 1891 showed that only 179,215 acres 

 were actually occupied, as follows : 64,494 acres of im- 

 proved land, 20,524 acres in pasture, 21,813 acres in 

 gardens, and 6,244 acres of improved land unoccupied. 



