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under glass. Besides these, there are a 

 number of holdings of less than one acre 

 owned by working men who have erected their 

 dwelling-house and their glass-house on their 

 patch of land, not accounted for in these 

 statistics. Whilst Jersey has only six farms 

 of over 50 acres, Guernsey boasts of only seven. 

 In a nursery garden of 13 acres covered with 

 glass, it is said that as much is produced 

 as on an English farm of 1300 acres of land. 

 The average size of a holding seems to be 

 about 5 acres, and the usual crops grown 

 are grapes, tomatoes, melons, peas, and beans. 

 Broccoli has been one of the most profitable 

 crops in Guernsey. 



But it is clear that room must be left on 

 the island for the live-stock — they can hardly 

 live under glass-houses ; and so we find that 

 about 6761 of the famous Guernsey cattle, 

 1600 horses, and over 4000 pigs are kept on 

 the remaining 5000 acres. 



When I was there I did not hear very good 

 accounts of the financial aspects of these rows 

 of glass-houses, for the same disadvantageous 

 economic conditions hemmed in the Guernsey- 

 man as the Jerseyman. It is a curious re- 

 flection that an island close to the French 



