20 THE JERSEY, ALDERNEY AND GUERNSEY COW. 



£g per acre ; at a distance of two or three miles, 

 £6 I OS. to £'/ I OS. ; beyond that, £4. los. to £6. 



" Bearing these prices in mind, it will be observed that 

 farmlnor must be carried on with orreat care and atten- 

 tlon, and that the farmer must be ever watching how to 

 turn his occupation to the greatest advantage, other- 

 wise his business would prove a failure. In Jersey, 

 almost every family residing in the country cultivate 

 some portion of land adjoining their house ; if but a 

 garden, they grow fruit and vegetables for the markets ; 

 and if they have one and a half to two acres of land, 

 they keep a cow, two or three pigs and some poultry, 

 increasing their stock in proportion to the extent of 

 their occupation. 



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" A farm of twenty acres, as before mentioned, will, 

 with few exceptions (where meadow-land or orchards 

 predominate), be distributed as follows : 



Acres. 

 Hay and pasture lo 



Turnips 2 



Mangolds , I 



Parsnips I 



Carrots o^ 



Potatoes 2 



Wlieat 314; 



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" The stock usually kept will consist of — 



Horses 2 



Cows 6 



Heifers 6 



Pifjs 8 



