More than one of the hay-ricks have been already half cut away, for the severe winter makes the cows hungry, and if their yield of milk is to be kept up they must be well fed, so that the foggers have plenty to do.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
Now the threshing-machine arrives, and the ricks are threshed in a few days.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
Just beneath him stood a row of wheat ricks-his own.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies