64 DOMINION EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION 



FOR 



PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 



CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. 



Establishment. 



The Experimental Station for Prince Edward Island was 

 established in August, 1909. The farm was bought by the 

 Provincial Government and leased to the Federal Department 

 of Agriculture. Possession was obtained of the property known 

 as ''Ravenwood" at that time, and of the several other proper- 

 ties in January, 1910. The eastern part of the Johnson proper- 

 ties, though conveyed, is held under a former lease which does 

 not expire until 1917. The Beer property, though promised, 

 has not yet been conveyed. 



Location. 



The Experimental Station property extends from the 

 Queen's County Jail site, north along the east side of the P. E. 

 Island Railway to the De Blois Road. It occupies all that block 

 of land to the north-east of the City of Charlottetown which lies 

 between the P. E. Island Railway on the west, the Mount 

 Edward Road on the east, the De Blois Road on the north and 

 the Corporation limits of the City of Charlottetown on the south, 

 with the exception of nine acres on the north-east corner which is 

 owned by Judge R. R. Fitzgerald. A small triangular portion 

 of the ''Ravenwood" property lies on the west side of the Rail- 

 way. Charlottetown, the capital of the Province, is the nearest 

 city. It is centrally located in Queen's County and lies a little 

 to the east of the centre of the Island. The Post Office, Railway 

 Station and business quarter of the City are about a mile distant. 

 The wharves and water front are about a mile and one-quarter 

 away. 



Area. 



There are 59 acres of land occupied by the Experimental 

 Station. The addition of the eastern portion of the Johnson 

 property will add 6'85 acres, this, with the Beer property, I' 5 

 acres, will give a total of 67-35 acres of land. 



