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Agriculture of the Islands of 
Jersey Weights and Measures. 
104 lbs. Jersey are equal to 112 lbs. English avoirdupois. 
110 gallons „ 100 gallons imperial. 
The Jersey measure for -wheat, barley, oats, rye, potatoes, and 
apples is called " cabot," weighing as follows : — 
lbs. Jersey. 
Wheat 32 
Barley 40 
Oats 28 
Eye 40 
Potato 40 
Apple 
Cider Measure. 
2 pints 1 quart. 
2 quarts 1 pot. 
2 pots 1 gallon.* 
60 gallons 1 hogshead. 
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Dry Measure. 
6f pints 1 sixtonnier. 
6 sixtonniers .. .. 1 cabot.f 
2 cabots 1 bushel. 
8 cabots 1 quarter. 
12 cabots of apples . . 1 quarter. 
An English acre is equal to 2^ Jersey vergees. 
Jersey Market Prices. 
d. d. 
Beef, per lb 7 to 8 
Mutton , 6 „ 8 
Pork „ 5 „ 6 
Veal „ - .. 7 „ 8 
For Exportation. 
£. s. d. s. d. 
Potatoes usually sell from . . 0 1 0 to 1 6 per cabot. 
Wheat „ .. 0 3 0 „ 3 6 „ 
Apples „ .. 0 5 0 ,, 12 0 per quarter. 
Cider „ ..100 .. per hogshead. 
Butter „ .. 0 1 0 „ 1 3 per lb. 
The Jersey pound sterling is equal to 18s. 5^d. of English 
coin, so that one English shilling is worth Is. Id. of Jersey 
money. 
Guernsey. 
Guernsey, the second in size of the Channel Islands, lies about 
14 miles north-west of Jersey. In form it is triangular, or nearly 
so ; its extreme length being 9:^ miles, and its extreme width 5^ 
miles. In aspect a great difference exists between Guernsey 
• The Jersey gallon contains 246 cubic inches, 
t 9 wheat cabots are equal to 5 Enghsh bushels. 
