@inbook{ccbfbc7b263f44198f8ee394aa29f310,
title = "A case study of corn sales: Harston Manor{\textquoteright}s corn book 1823-42",
abstract = "We analyse the Corn Book from Harston Manor in Cambridgeshire, containing data on wheat sold from the harvests of 1823-42. Annual sales averaged 1000 Bushels. Wheat was sold throughout the year, necessitating considerable intra-year storage; almost a quarter of sales took place one year or more after harvest, generating significant inter-year storage (carryover). New and old wheat exhibit no systematic price differential. Most sales were to a single miller in Harston, leaving little r{\^o}le for corn merchants. Observed trades and prices are thus likely characterised by a strategic and cooperative relationship between farmer and miller, rather than a spot market.",
keywords = "historical grain storage, historical grain markets",
author = "Liam Brunt and Edmund Cannon",
year = "2019",
month = jan,
day = "31",
doi = "10.1484/M.CORN-EB.5.118254",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-2-503-58509-3",
series = "CORN",
publisher = "Brepols Publishers",
pages = "61--75",
editor = "Wouter Ronsijn and Niccol{\`o} Mignemi and Laurent Herment",
booktitle = "Stocks, seasons and sales",
address = "Belgium",
}