1915: THE CROP OUTLOOK

Prince Edward County farmers will this year reap one of the largest grain crops in its history. The farmers of the county have responded to the “Patriotism and Production” campaign in no uncertain way. Every acre of available land was brought under cultivation and every effort made to in this way supply the Empire and the Allies with the needful food. At a time when hundreds of thousands of men are withdrawn from the ordinary lines of production and the wastage of war is enormous this is the greatest service that the Canadian farmer can give.

1945: UTILITY VACATION

Now is the time when city and town folk disperse jauntily through the countryside to find recreation and jack up nervous systems thrown out of kilter by the stress of wartime living.

For many of them a vacation in the country consists of a few weeks spent acquiring a painful sunburn. Harassed mothers wrestle with the task of cooking over a hot wood stove and try to solve the food problem when a comforting corner grocery store is non-existent. Children are bitten by pesky mosquitoes and poison themselves by chasing through the more unpopular varieties of ivy.

After fitful sleep on lumpy cots tired fathers try to catch fish in lakes where the picture-postcard beauties have learned by years of experience how to elude the succulent worm and the other baits touted as sure-fire lures.

Contrast to this uncomfortable picture of exertion in pursuit of pleasure the summer of a well-regulated rural family working on the land—the occupation which philosophers tell us produces the completely happy man.

How about a holiday on the farm?

Again this year the farm offers a chance for the city family to get away from the traditional vacation season which frequently adds up to discomfort under unfamiliar conditions. Our farm friends say that farm life is rural life at its best.

Canada’s leaders tell us that the Dominion should produce all the food she possibly can to help in the gigantic task of feeding starving Europe and at this time farm labor is far from plentiful.

Now is an opportunity for the urban family to get in touch with its farm counterpart and help produce the maximum from the country’s broad acres.