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were driven to eat the flesh of horses, cats, and such un- 

 used like kinds of meat (Holinskfd). 

 A comet ( L. Townsend). 



1342 All corn rather dearer. 



Wheat, 45. i\d.\ barley, $s. 2\d. ;oats, 2$. o%d. ; beans, 

 2S. g%d. ; peas, 2s. lod. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, 6s. 6d. per tod (Rogers). 



Walter de Henley writes : " Two cows will produce a 

 wey (2 cwt.) of cheese from Christmas, when cheese- 

 making generally commenced, till Michaelmas, besides 

 half a gallon of butter each week. If the pasture was 

 lighter as in a wood, or in meadows after mowing, or in 

 the stubble, three cows were needed for the same amount 

 of produce. He says a cow will produce $\d. worth of 

 cheese and one-third of a pottle of butter weekly, and 

 estimates the gross annual return from the animal 9^., 

 and strongly advises that cows should if possible be kept. 

 He reckons ten ewes as producing as much milk as one 

 cow. Milk was invariably sold at id. per gallon, and the 

 average price of cheese about \d. per Ib. 



1343 Dry time. Scanty pasture. 



Wheat, 5J. yf */. ; barley, 3^. 8f^. ; oats, 2s. i^d. ; beans, 

 3^. io^d. ; peas, 35-. i^d. per qr. (Rogers). 



Wool, 8.f. gd. per tod ; fleeces, i Ib. iij oz. at Bichyn- 

 don (Rogers). 



Walter de Henley says if wheat does not return more 

 than three times the seed a loss is incurred by the agricul- 

 turist, except when it is above 4s. a quarter. He reckons 

 three ploughings, each at sixpence an acre; hoeing, id.; 

 two bushels of seed at Michaelmas, is. ; second hoeing, 

 \d. ; reaping, $d. carriage, id. The straw pays for the 

 thrashing. If therefore only six bushels are reaped to 

 the acre, they will be worth only 3^., and will cost 3^. i \d., 

 no account being taken of the rent of land. 



1344 Wheat lower than at any time since 1338. Butter 

 dear. Drought in spring and summer. 



