The stack shown in the accompanying illustration has been standing upon
a farm at Stradbroke, in Suffolk, for over twenty-one years, and is
probably the oldest in England. It is the produce of a field of wheat
grown in 1877, when prices ruled somewhat high, and the owner declared
that he would not sell it for less than 30s. per coomb. As the market
value has never risen to this figure he has rigorously kept to his word,
and the stack remains unthrashed to this day. Externally, it presents
quite an antique appearance, and a glance at our illustration will show
what havoc the rats have made; and every few years, when the stack is
re-thatched, the blackened straw contrasts strangely with its new roof.
Photo. sent in by Mr. E. Bond, The Rookery, Eye, Suffolk.