After having shown how small are the farms in the islands (from twenty to five acres, and very many less than that)--there being “less than 100 farms in either island that exceed twenty-five acres; and of these only about half a dozen in Jersey exceed fifty acres”--Messrs. Ansted, Latham, and Nicolle remark:-- “In no place do we find so happy and so contented a country as in the Channel Islands....” “The system of land-tenure has also contributed in no small degree to their prosperity....” “The purchaser becomes the absolute owner of the property, and his position cannot be touched so long as the interest of these [wheat] rents be paid. He cannot be compelled, as in the case of mortgage, to refund the principal. _The advantages of such a system are too patent to need any further allusion._” (_The Channel Islands_, third edition, revised by E. Toulmin Nicolle, p. 401; see also p. 443.) The following will better show how the cultivable area is utilised in Jersey (_The Evening Post Royal Almanack_):-- 1894. 1911. Acres. Acres. { Wheat 1,709 656 Corn crops { Barley and bere 113 125 { Oats and rye 499 1,213 { Beans and peas 16 34 Green crops { Potatoes 7,007 8,911 { Turnips and swedes 111 61 { Mangolds 232 137 { Other green crops 447 176 Clover, sainfoin and } For hay 2,842 2,720 grasses under rotation } Not for hay 2,208 1,731 Permanent pasture { For hay 1,117 944 or grass { Not for hay 3,057 2,522 Bare fallow -- 53 Fruit { Small fruit -- 99 { Orchards and small { fruit -- 1,151 Other crops -- 240 ----- ------ 21,252 20,733 _Living Stock._ 1894. 1911.