52 RURAL ECONOMY IN YORKSHIRE IN 1641. 



(most commonly) fower course of haver, and those that have 

 good draughts and not farre to carry theire loades, will often- 

 times lye on five coiu-se aboute the waine. They "will lye on 

 (att fower course) 28 stookes of shorte and small haver, but 20 

 or 22 stookes of large or loggery haver will bee a sufficient 

 loade. 



Wee beganne to mowe oates (this yeare) the 23d of August, 

 and gotte all do\\Tie (with sixe mowers) in thirteene dayes : wee 

 beganne to leade oates the Gth of September, and gotte all ledde 

 (^vith fower waines) in sixe whole dayes. 



Wee ledde constantly 6 loades of haver with a waine, till wee 

 came beyond Megdoore flatte ; and then 5 loade a day with a 

 waine till wee came beyond Doghill flatte ; and wee ledde 

 usually 4 loade a daj when wee fetched it as farre as the Dale- 

 bottomes. Doghill flatte had in it (this yeare) fifteene good 

 loades of haver. 



Other shorte Remdibrances. 

 The furthest roomestead in the haver-bame next the east, 

 holdeth 34 loades, the middle roomestead or that which is next 

 imto it, holdeth 20, the hither roomestead 24 loades. "sdz. : that 

 which is next the threshinge place ; I have knowne allmost 

 tenne score quarters of oates threshed out of these three roome- 

 steads, when they weare well mowed and well filled Avith good 

 free oates that bledde well. Aboute the beginninge of Septem- 

 ber, our Moore folkes and all tbose that worke in the 

 fields are called in, and breakefast afore seaven of the clocke, 

 and are usually in the field and att worke by seaven, or soone 

 after, if the mominge bee faire ; and they usually worke (att 

 this time of the yeare) halfe an houre after smisette, or very 

 neare ; if the mominge bee misty and dewy tlien they goe not 

 till after seaven halfe an houre. After that wee are begimne to 

 leade haver, wee have u.sually two on the mowe, viz. : the fore- 

 man and a boy, whoe, in the absence of the waines, dresse and 

 make cleane the roomesteads, remove things out of the way, 

 fey up (lursed come, and lye strawe on the floores ; and then, 

 by this helpe, the come is well mowed, and the waines not 

 liindend. If the mominge bee faire, the waines are yoaked by 

 seaven of the clocke (aboute the beginninge of September) and 

 not afore, becau.se of the dewes ; and then doe they fetch every 

 waine a loade afore they come to l)reakefast ; but when they 

 It-ade the wolds, and fetch it as fane as Doghill flatte, then doe 

 they yoake att sixe a clocke or aboute sun-rise, and ihvu will 

 tljey bee heare againe att breakefast aboute eight of the clocke, 

 and sometimes halfe an hoiu-e afore ; and then, for looainge. the 



