THE JERSEY, ALDERNEY AND GUERXSEV COW. ^9 



Formerly a large portion of land was devoted to the 

 culture of this fruit tree, but of late many have been 

 destroyed, and replaced by the -ordinary crops of grain, 

 grass, roots, etc, 



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" The great subdivision of property has caused farms 

 to be of very small extent The law of the island does 

 not permit land or rents inherited to be devised by will^ 

 but they must follow the law of succession. On the 

 demise of a proprietor, the eldest son takes as his birth^ 

 right the house, etc., with rather more than two acres 

 of land adjoining, also one-tenth of the entire landed 

 property and rents. The remainder Is then shared, 

 two-thirds among sons and one-third among daughters, 

 but in no case can a daughter take a larger share than 

 a son. Thus, large estates become very much divided, 

 but in most cases the eldest branch purchases some of 

 the portions allotted to the junior members, who have 

 commonly turned their minds to professional or mer- 

 cantile occupations. Very many houses ' will be found 

 to which only two or three acres are attached, whilst 

 others have twenty or thirty ; but an estate which con- 

 tains fifteen acres is by no means considered a small 

 one, and rarely do any exceed fifty or sixty acres. 

 There may, perhaps, be six or eight su^h in .the whole 

 island. However limited may appear the size of these 

 farms, still their value is considerable. The following 

 are the \ rices at which land has been letting of late 

 years, viz,: In the immediate vicinity of St. Helier's, 



