440 



APPENDIX. 



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 (The Evening Post Royal 

 Almanack) : 



Green crops 



For hay . 

 Not for hay 



/"Wheat . . . 

 I Barley and bere . 

 " 1 Oats and rye . . 

 I. Beans and peas . 

 /"Potatoes . 

 I Turnips and swedes 

 * | Mangolds . . . 

 I Other green crops 

 Clover, sainfoin and 

 grasses under rota- 

 tion .... 

 Permanent pasture / For hay 

 or grass . . . \Not for hay 

 Bare fallow 

 ["Small fruit 



Fruit -I Orchards and 



[ fruit. 

 Other crops . 



Living Stock. 



Horses used solely for agriculture 



Unbroken horses 



Mares solely for breeding . 



1894. 



Acres. 



1,709 



113 



499 



16 



7,007 

 111 

 232 

 447 



2,842 

 2,208 



1,117 



3,057 



small 



1911. 



Acres. 



656 



125 



1,213 



34 



8,911 



61 



137 



176 



2,720 

 1,731 



944 



2,522 



53 



99 



1,151 



240* 



21,252 20,733 



1894. 1911. 



2,252 2,188 



83 69 



16 



Horses 2,351 2,257 



