Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark. 
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Aberdeens, globes, &c., are taken up as required for immediate 
use. This is also the time for planting the large cow-kale. A 
piece of ground is selected in a sheltered spot, generally in an 
orchard close to the house ; it is deeply dug and manured with 
seaweed, sometimes with stable-manure. The plants are put in 
at a distance of two feet from each other, and, when they have 
attained a certain height, the ground is hoed up against them, 
and then frequently more seaweed is added on the surface 
between the rows. Nothing more is done to them. As the 
leaves are required they are gathered (taking always the lower 
ones) and given to pigs. These plants grow up to an astonishing 
height, frequently as much as 7 or 8 feet. Here ends the farmer's 
work as regards his fields and crops ; we shall now consider the 
different implements in his possession, commencing by the most 
ancient and important of them all — the Plough. 
The Jersev plough is clumsy and unwieldy in appearance, but 
that it suits the soil and culture well is beyond doubt. The 
beam and handles are always made of wood, the latter consider- 
ably shorter than those of English implements. The mould- 
board and share are large, so that a furrow 14 inches wide can 
easily be turned. The plough rests upon a two-wheel fore- 
carriage, to which it is connected by the draught-chain, not alto- 
gether unlike the two-wheel Berkshire plough with gallows. 
The depth and width of furrow are easily regulated. The fore- 
carriage is very important, making the plough much more steady 
and manageable than it would be if the wheels were fixed to the 
beam, especially when the fields are small, and consequently the 
turns frequent. 
The above plough is used for all general purposes ; and, 
although various modifications have been tried, no very great 
improvement has been effected. Some time since, the Royal 
Agricultural Society of the island endeavoured, to determine, l)y 
means of trials with various other ploughs, whether the old 
Jersey implement could maintain its superiority. This trial took 
place under certain disadvantages ; still, from the manner in 
which the Jersey plough worked, as well as from the pro- 
portion of draught required for its propulsion, the Committee 
could not forbear from pronouncing it the best in the field : its 
work was even, and the whole surface entirely turned over and 
buried. 
Several implements, such as winnowing machines, scarifiers, 
and harrows, are mostly made after English designs. Chaff- 
cutters, lurnip-slicers, scythes, hay-rakes, &c., are imported from 
England. Drilling machines are not much in use as yet ; some 
of Druce's, Hornsby's, and others, are occasionally to be met 
with. 
