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Seaforth |
| Seaforth is a relatively small town in the highly productive agricultural area of the Negro River Valley. The town itself is little more than one street, but the communities and farms around the town provide much of the employment and income for the residents. Most of the residents of the area are small farmers who own perhaps a few head of cattle or grow a few acres of cash crops such as pineapple, mango, coffee or callaloo.
Just past the town is the Serge Island Estate, a large dairy and cattle farm that occupies much of the land in central St. Thomas. The estate itself is an old sugar plantation, converted in the 1900s when sugar cultivation was no longer viable. In all, Serge Island occupies over three thousand acres, some planted in coffee, but most being pastureland for the 1800 head of cattle. Serge Island also runs one of the largest dairy operations in Jamaica, processing milk from its own cattle and also from the herds of farmers in the area. In Seaforth, it is not unusual to see residents, early in the mornings, transporting their milk gingerly in buckets carried by donkeys, bicycles, by hand or on the tops of people's heads, to the plant after first milking. |
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