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FIELDS, FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS. 



Jersey exceed fifty acres " Messrs. Ansted, Latham and 

 Nicolle remark: 



" In no place do we find so happy and so contented a 

 country as in the Channel Islands. . . ." " The system of 

 land-tenure has also contributed in no small degree to their 

 prosperity. . . ." " The purchaser becomes the absolute 

 owner of the property and his position cannot be touched 

 so long as the interest of these [wheat] rents be paid. He 

 cannot be compelled, as in the case of mortgage, to refund 

 the principal. The advantages of such a system are too patent 

 to need any further allusion." (The Channel Islands, third 

 edition, revised by E. Toulmin Nicolle, p. 401 ; see also p, 



443-) 



The following will better show how the cultivable area is 

 utilised in Jersey: 



'Wheat 



Barley and here 

 Oats and rye 

 .Beans and peas. 

 Potatoes . 

 Turnips and swedes 

 Mangolds . 

 .Other green crops 



Clover, sainfoin and f For hay 



grasses under rotation \Not for hay . 



Permanent pasture or f For hay . 

 grass \Notforhay . 



Corn crops 



Green crops . 



21,428 21,252 



In 1889 there were under: 



Acres. 



Small fruit 2487 



Orchards i5 6 



Market gardens 

 Nursery gardens 



Living Stock. 



Horses used solely for agriculture 



Unbroken horses 



Mares solely for breeding . 



1893. 



2300 



103 



14 



83 

 30 



1894. 

 2252 



83 

 16 



Horses 2417 



2351 



