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Glimjises of Farming in the Channel Islands. 389 , 
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Caors IX Guehnsey, &c. 
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1867 
1887 
Acres 
Acres 
968 
456 
Barley 
623 
399 
fx X J 
30 
12 
.H7 
26 
50 
5 
Total Corn Crops .... 
2,157 
1,438 
789 
877 
112 
89 
244 
247 
221 
190 
l.'i2 
15 
1,527 
1,459 
Total Green Crops 
3,075 
2,877 
Clover, &,c., and grasses under rotation 
874 
1,423 
Permanent pasture ..... 
6,143 
6,280 
7 OS) 
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Crops, bare fallow, and grasses 
12,958 
11,041 
for Jersey, it will be seen that tlie figures for Guernsey and the 
smaller islands show a greater proportionate falling off in corn 
crops than those for Jersey ; that the green crops, exclusive of 
clover, &c., have decreased instead of increasing, as in Jersey ; 
that the increase in clover and grasses under rotation is much 
greater in the Guei'nsey bailiwick than in Jersey ; and that 
there is still a much greater proportion of permanent pasture in 
the former than in the latter. 
The figures serve to emphasise what has already been said 
as to the inferior " intensity " of Guernsey farming, although it is 
always to be borne in mind that in such statistical comparisons 
Guernsey proper suffers seriously by having Aldemey, Sark 
Herm, and Jethou reckoned with it. With all due allowance, 
Guernsey land as a whole is not as highly farmed as that in 
Jersey. When we come to the glass-houses, however, we have 
an " intensity " not touched in Jersey by the small farmers. In 
some parts of Guernsey nearly every farmer, as well as many a 
mechanic or other workman, has at least one glass-house, and 
many have several of these structures. 
Before referring to what is done with the glass-houses, a few 
details about the fields may be given, and for these I am indebted 
chiefly to Mr. Le Patourel, of St. Sampson's ; Mr. Mahi, of the 
