20 THE yEJ^SEY, ALDERNEY AND GUERNSEY COW, 



£g per acre; at a distance of two or three miles, 

 £6 I OS. to £j I OS. ; beyond that, £4 los. to £6. 



" Bearing these prices in mind, it will be observed that 

 farming must be carried on with great care and atten- 

 tion, and that the farmer must be ever watching how to 

 turn his occupation to the greatest advantage, other- 

 wise his business would prove a failure. In Jersey, 

 almost every family residing in the country cultivate 

 some portion of land adjoining their house; if but a 

 garden, they grow fruit and vegetables for the markets ; 

 and if they have one and a half to two acres of land, 

 they keep a cow, two or three pigs and some poultry, 

 increasing their stock in proportion to the extent of 

 their occupation. 



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" A farm of twenty acres, as before mentioned, will, 

 with few exceptions (where meadow-land or orchards 

 predominate), be distributed as follows : 



Acres 

 Hay and pasture .10 



Turnips.,.. 2 



Mangolds....,., I 



Parsnips..... I 



Carrots q^ 



Potatoes , 2 



Wheat , ^t^ 



20 



" The stock usually kept will consist of— 



Horses. ,. , 2 



Cows. g 



Heifers ^ ^ ^^ g 



I'lgs. ^ 3 



