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 rôle 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.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Stocks, seasons and sales |
| Subtitle of host publication | food supply, storage and markets in Europe and the New World, c 1600-2000 |
| Editors | Wouter Ronsijn, Niccolò Mignemi, Laurent Herment |
| Publisher | Brepols Publishers |
| Chapter | 3 |
| Pages | 61-75 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-2-503-58510-9 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-2-503-58509-3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 31 Jan 2019 |
Publication series
| Name | CORN |
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| Volume | 17 |
Keywords
- historical grain storage
- historical grain markets
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Brunt, L., & Cannon, E. (2019). A case study of corn sales: Harston Manor’s corn book 1823-42. In W. Ronsijn, N. Mignemi, & L. Herment (Eds.), Stocks, seasons and sales: food supply, storage and markets in Europe and the New World, c 1600-2000 (pp. 61-75). (CORN; Vol. 17). Brepols Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1484/M.CORN-EB.5.118254