Carl Linnaeus, The Lapland Journey, translated by Peter Graves (Edinburgh: Lockharton Press, 1995), p. 185.
Northern Husbandry, 18/09/1732, ¶1070:
The sheaves of cut rye were stooked in 10s or thereabouts. The ears were all pulled in close together at the top and one sheaf was placed upside down on top of them so that its ears covered the ears of those below.