CULTIVATION 29 



London market after the Jerseys. Several holders 

 gave me the expenses of the crop as follows : 





 Fish manure ... ... ... 3 



Guano ... ... ... ... 2 



Seed ... ... ... ... 3 



Total per acre ... ... 8 



If they included the cost of their own labour, the 

 total expense amounted to 11 or 12. 



The cabbage crop had been sold standing this 

 year (1905) at an average price of 16 an acre. 



The smaller men as a rule sell them to com- 

 mission agents, and cart them to the station twice 

 a day. 



The carriage to London was 12s. 6d. a ton, and 

 to Sheffield 8s. 6d. Forty baskets went to a ton, 

 and the price received would be from Is. to 3s. a 

 basket. The returned empties cost 10s. for 100 

 baskets. 



I was told of several cases where, in a good 

 season, as much as 100 an acre had been received 

 for the three crops, but this was admitted to be 

 exceptional. 



It seemed to be a usual practice to grow wheat 

 after potatoes, merely harrowing the land before 

 sowing, so that one ploughing did for two years. 



All the men kept a few head of stock to make 

 manure and consume the roots. The buildings of 

 those I saw were attached to the cottages in and 

 about the straggling villages. Every man had a 

 strongly built little horse with which he worked 



