1865 Census: Units of measure for foodstuffs
Started by NearNorsewood · 2006-01-11
NearNorsewood · 2006-01-11#1
Could someone help me with units of measure for foodstuffs please?
I've been looking at the 1865 census (this page
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f60419&gardpostnr=985&personpostnr=6203&spraak=e
in particular) and am trying to work out what the quantites of foods mean.
In the above example, they have 1/8 barley, 1 oats, and 4 potatoes. What are the units of measure for these? - sacks? - barrels?
Thanks