254 BARLEY. 



At Burnliam Westgate, eight coombs. Mr. M. HiLL 

 varies, from flifference of soil, eight to ten and a half j 

 most on the lightest land. 



Mr. Coke, at Holkham, nine coombs. 



At Holm, eight to ten coombs, and some more. 



At Snettisham, eight coombs. 



At Houghton, eight coombs. 



At Hillingdon, from five to twelve coombs. 



The vicinity of Downham, eight coombs. 



At Watlington, ten coombs. 



About Wvmondham, nine coombs. 



Harvest. — " When wet in the swath, it is not turned 

 in East Norfolk, but lifted; the heads or ears raised from 

 the o^round with a fork or rake, admitting air underneath 

 the swaths."— y^r. Marshall. 



It is the- present praiSlice of a large part of the county, 

 especially where large farms prevail, to stack the corn, 

 particularly barley, in the fields where it grew ; evidently 

 to save lime in the harvest period. 



On a great Norfolk farm I found the work in carting a 

 very heavy crop of drilled barley, the bulk of which I 

 guessed at four waggon loads an acre, going on in this man- 

 ner : Four putting in ; four pitching to two waggons ; four 

 loading ; six women raking ; two boys leading the horses j 

 six men driving away ; fourteen at the stack, eight of 

 •which, in two parties, were forking in holes and from a 

 scaffold, as the stack was high ; ten waggons and thirty- 

 horses. From eleven o'clock in the morning to night 

 thev cleared, by estimation, twelve or thirteen acres. The 

 drive about half a mile. The expense is heavy. Each 

 man (1800) had in money and beer :.bout 7I. for the har- 

 vest ; if we call this five weeks, it is near 5s. a day per 

 man i hawkey, &c. &c. will make it up 5s. 



32 Men, 



