Carl Linnaeus, The Lapland Journey, translated by Peter Graves (Edinburgh: Lockharton Press, 1995), p. 186.
Northern Husbandry, 18/09/1732, ¶1071:
Barley was not placed upright but stacked on its side in a circle with the ears pointing inwards; the ends point outwards in all directions whereas the ears slope up a little in the middle and are covered with an upside-down sheaf as roof.