56 RURAL ECONOMY IN YORKSHIRE IN 1641. 



with theire rake, for then doe they loose that in the furre which 

 they have gathered togeather in the middle of the rake. The 

 Demaine flatte in the Middle fielde, lyinge betwixt the Biicke- 

 close and Keldie-gate, served eight rakers a whole day and 

 rather more. 



For Leadinge of Barley. 

 Wee leade barley constantly with fower waine.s, and they lye 

 one of barley usually 4 course, an 1 sometimes five when the 

 barley is very shorte ; if the barley bee large and loggery, then 

 18 stookes is as much as they can possibly carry with 4 com-ses 

 about the waine, but if it bee shorte they will cany 28 stookes 

 without rakins, of which perhapps the waine body will holde 5 

 stookes. Wee had (this yeare) noe barley on the woldes, for 

 wee sewe nothinge but onely our In-field, and therefore it 

 beinge soe neare hand hoame, wee ledde constantly 7 loades a 

 peece with oiu' waines and sometimes 8, \dz. ; with 4 waines 30 

 loades a day, and sometimes 32 ; whearof one or two of the last 

 are allwayes sette to the mowe brest, and left unteamed till the 

 next morninge. When wee leade rakins, eyther by themselves 

 or ^vith the sheaves, wee sende then allwayes three with a 

 waine, viz. ; one to loade, one to forke, and one to rake after. 

 There is in the Demaine flatte in the Middle fielde, betwixt the 

 Bricke close and Keldie gate, 16 landes, which served 6 women 

 to rake and cocke a whole day and somewhat more ; they made 

 of these 1 6 landes, 4 rowes of cockes, rakinge 4 lands togeather, 

 and puttinge into everie cocke 3 overthwart rowes of rakinges, 

 viz. ; three rowes goinge crosse over the said 4 lands ; and to 

 some cockes they putte 4 rowes wheare they weare thiime. 

 There was of these 4 rowes of cockes 5 good loades and some- 

 what more ; soe that one may account for 8 loades of sheafe- 

 come to have one loade of rakinge, for there was in this flatte 

 just 40 loades of sheafe corne. They loade rakins just as they 

 doe hey, lyinge three course on a waine, and hkewise rakinge 

 the sides and endes of the waine when they have done. When 

 the morninge is wette and dewy, they onely bringe the mkins 

 togeather, and lette them lye all spread abroad to dry, afore 

 they bee cocked ; and then shake them on lightly. They use 

 allwayes of those yron rakes with tenne teeth both to cocke 

 rakins, and allsoe to rake after waines, for those are thought to 

 rake the cleanest. Wee allwayes imj)loy the best of our out- 

 liggers for cockinge of rakins. 



For Pullinge of Pease. 

 Wee beganne to pull pease this 16th of Se[)teuiber bi'inge 

 Thursday, beinge the same day that wee gotte all mowne 



