160 AWAKENING OF ENGLAND. 



is a significant fact that whilst Jersey exports 

 to England 1000 cows annually, to Denmark 

 nearly the same number, and to the United 

 States about 500, she forbids the landing of 

 any cattle on her shores unless they are killed 

 first in the harbour. 



When potato-digging begins, the Breton 

 peasant comes across to earn some ready 

 money. Sometimes he stays altogether, takes 

 a farm, and contents himself with smaller 

 profits than the Jerseyman is accustomed to, 

 and thus it comes about that in spite of racial 

 and linguistic ties the Frenchman is not beloved 

 by the Jerseyman. 



Frenchmen are said to be quickly learning 

 the Jersey methods of cultivating potatoes, 

 and when they return to their own country, 

 where land is cheaper, become serious com- 

 petitors in this market. Fortunately though, 

 there is a marked tendency now towards the 

 early potato crop of Brittany and Normandy 

 being consigned to the increasing population 

 of French manufacturing towns. 



It is in the sister isle of Guernsey that 

 agricultural conditions become merged into 

 the horticultural. Indeed, in both islands it is 

 difficult to get away, as you tread the asphalt 



