Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark. 
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in the other island. Of late years (since the disease), potatoes 
have not been grown except lor the wants of the island ; some 
few are exported, but an equal quantity may be said to be 
imported. The produce per acre is considerably less than in 
Jersey. This valuable esculent also forms part of the second 
course with parsnips, &c. 
Carrots have no fixed course ; much depends on the land that 
can be spared for them. Tliey are usually sown in March, and 
the produce per acre, when the crop is good, is not much less 
than 27 tons. The carrot is not a root which fills up much space 
on the farms of either island. 
In consequence of its frequent tillage, the land is free from all 
weeds. It is a common rule, when a root or grain crop has been 
removed, to take a plough and skim the ground at once, the 
manure being in most cases first applied. Heavy manures are at 
all times used for mangolds, parsnips, &c, ; but in former 
times, before these roots were cultivated to any extent, the 
fourth course, which was then barley, was that which received 
the heaviest dressing. Barley, when ripe, is seldom or never 
cut, but is pulled up by the roots and made into sheaves. 
Notwithstanding that several leading agriculturists have used 
their endeavours to check this, still the peasantry persevere in the 
practice, believing that it causes great benefit to the young clover 
growing in it. This system is the very opposite of that followed in 
Jersey, where it is observed that the harder you can keep the 
surface the belter will be the crop in the ensuing summer. Hay is 
chiefly made from permanent grasses ; these are dressed in the 
winter with short stable manure, which generally returns an 
abundant prod uce 5 but cattle do not feed upon hay made with 
these glasses so well as upon the clover and rye-grass mixed. 
Vetches, as a crop, are more commonly cultivated in this 
island than in Jersey. They are usually followed by turnips, 
which yield a good return ; in fact, it is after vetches that the 
finest are grown. 
The farms being smaller than in the sister island, it naturally 
follows that the fields are also smaller in the same proportion : 
It acres is fully the average size. They are also divided by 
large embankments of earth, on the top of which furze is seen 
growing luxuriantly ; this furze is used by the country people for 
heating the oven for baking. At the field entrances you will 
rarely see gates, except on property belonging to the higher class. 
Very many field entrances are to be seen with only a bar placed 
across to prevent cattle from entering. 
The dwelling houses are in general patterns of cleanliness. The 
exterior, in particular, presents a striking example of taste ; flowers 
and creepers of various sorts invariably adorn the walls, the wood- 
