A case study of corn sales: Harston Manor’s corn book 1823-42

Liam Brunt; Edmund Cannon

doi:10.1484/M.CORN-EB.5.118254

A case study of corn sales: Harston Manor’s corn book 1823-42

Liam Brunt, Edmund Cannon

School of Economics

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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
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	https://doi.org/10.1484/M.CORN-EB.5.118254
Publication status	Published - 31 Jan 2019

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Name	CORN
Volume	17

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historical grain storage
historical grain markets

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A case study of corn sales: Harston Manor’s corn book 1823-42. / Brunt, Liam; Cannon, Edmund.
Stocks, seasons and sales: food supply, storage and markets in Europe and the New World, c 1600-2000. ed. / Wouter Ronsijn; Niccolò Mignemi; Laurent Herment. Brepols Publishers, 2019. p. 61-75 (CORN; Vol. 17).

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