Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-08-23

no other home.
A quaint and pretty custom still ex-
ists Over the stone archway, or over
the man door, is large stone with
characters cut something like this d.
E. DEG. (Then two hearts, F. M.LeB.,
translated this means in the year 1872,
David E. DeGruchy was united to
Francit Mary LoBrocq and here be,
gan their welded life, Simple but ten
der isn't it? i x 4 4
A DENSE POPULATION.
In purely economic view, doubt
if there is any land in Christondom
that supports, and well supports, so
large population to the acre as Jer
sey. With an area of about forty
thousand acres, she carries popula-
ton of almost sixty thousand souls
about one and one>half to the acre,
and this is the more surprising when
the fact is remembered that they are
purely agricultural people. They have
no foreign trade, no mills, no factories.
Their sole income is from the cultiva.
ton of the land and the rearing of
Jersey cattle. In no part Of the globe
can comparison be found. Think of
thirty thousand farmers sustaining
themselves and supporting an equal
number of trades and town people in
the city--nonNproducerS And yet in
no country that | have seen do the
agricultural classes live as comfortably
as the Jersey farmers. Their lands
are wonderfully rich, and methodicallY
and intelligently cultivated. The main
reliance is the raising Of early potatoes
for the English market and breeding
cattle.
Last year over 81, 100000 worth of
potatoes were shipped from st. Heliers.
On one day seven steamers left all full.
Planted in January, they market in
May and June, in time to get crop Of
roots for their winter feed for cattle.
Some wheat, barley and oats are rails
ed, as much for the straw as for the
grain. Of cattle,
THE FAMED JERSEY,
there are about eleven thousand on the
island. Of course there are no other
breeds. Every farmer is breeder,
mans herd being aboutone to the acre.
In 1883 about one thousand seven
hundred head were exported, the
United States taking about eight huns
bred, while England continues their
largest customer. But gradually other
countries are discovering the merits of
this wonderful breed. Since my arri-
val in November, some have been
shipped to India, by way of the Suez
canal. AS an item for the curious, l
will add that the freight from England
alone was 940 each-about 5000.
Shipments have been made to Afri-
ca, Egypt, Australia, Spain and Rus
STA, the late Emperor being quite a
Jersey fancier. Indeed, in England, as
in America, to possess Jersey is a
badge Of responsibility and intelligence.
There is hardly gentleman OR noble>
man in all England but boasts the pos.
session of one or more soft-eyed little
COWS.
Crossing the channel, not long since,
/ had a fellow-traveler, E. Parsons
Fowler, the veteran exporter of JerN
seys. Speaking of his long experience
in the business, he showed me letter
written in 1912, containing an order
for two COWS, in which the writer, af-
ter fully detailing all he wished to find
in them in the way Of good dairy cows,
added, that since he had become famil-
lar with the many and great excellen-
cies of the Channel Island cattle, he
would have no other. The special in
terest to me in this letter was its sig
nature. With the stately formality of
an old English gentleman it ended
thus 81 remain, my dear sir, your
humble and obedient servant, We'll
LINGToN." .
The man who destroyed the grand.
est military genius the world ever saw,
"took Jersey cream in his coffee!"
l have seen no place where a little
money will buy as many comforts as