A bamboo-like reed which grows in tall separate stalks and which is used for thatching roofs and making baskets.
That is not only for animal feeding but also soil for improvement and use for thatching or industry.
Whilst the average daily rate for thatching and daubing was 4d per day, rates could on occasion fall to 3d.
These lower-paid activities included rough masonry, walling, pointing, plastering, daubing, and thatching, which were evidently regarded as semi-skilled or lower-skilled occupations.
Masonry work, wall construction and repair, daubing and plastering, pointing, carpentry, glazing, plumbing, roof-tiling, thatching and general labouring tasks all featured, together with a number of allied tasks.
It is cheaper for a farmer to thresh his corn early, and stacking and thatching are then cheaper.
He cannot even use a cheaper material for thatching.
We have received no evidence that the imported thatching reed is subsidised.
