# Barleybank Turn Report — Late Spring, Year 1

### Fieldwork and Storehouse Management
At home in Barleybank, late spring labor remained steady across the fields and settlement. Cora organized systematic walks through the emerging barley, directing crews in light harrowing and weeding to keep competitive growth from crowding the young green shoots. The germination across both the lower beds and upper slopes showed good uniformity following the earlier ditch clearance. 

Along the waterways, Bran turned ditch labor toward bank stabilization, packing fresh sod and planting hardy grasses along the spoil berms of the primary drainage channel to prevent the cleared soil from washing back into the gravel bed during rains. In the storehouse, Ada enforced tight consumption rationing to protect the narrow remaining buffer before the green harvest, while conducting daily ventilation and inspection rounds through the communal loft to ensure seed reserves stayed cool and dry.

### The Month 3 Assembly and Reweighing
At Measure House, the annual public reweighing convened under Belen's direction alongside witnesses from all four communities. Stonecross delivered its sealed reference stone in its padded case, with seals inspected and confirmed unbroken. When placed on the balance under Belen’s oversight, the working stones balanced true against the reference standard. Belen formally certified the working weights, after which Reedhaven carried out its scheduled seasonal exchange of grain for woven baskets without variance.

### The Winter Ledger Discrepancy and Restitution Accord
The documented variance from winter was brought before the assembled clan witnesses. Barleybank submitted its winter delivery receipts, establishing a verified discrepancy of two nominal weights against the house accounts. 

In response to the documentation, Oren admitted that he had brought an overweight winter stone out of the rear cupboard to balance emergency transfers of food during the cold season. Pia acknowledged that eighteen Hearthmere households had received that emergency grain, and she brought forward the Hearthmere Storage & Reserve Agreement to resolve the deficit. 

Belen and the four clan witnesses formally ratified a binding restitution accord:
- Hearthmere assigns thirty standardized ceramic storage jars to settle and clear the central ledger balance.
- Barleybank secures priority sealed storage and harvest credits tied to these jars.
- Oren received a formal administrative caution for his unauthorized use of the non-standard weight, and he will continue his keeper duties under ongoing joint tally oversight by Belen and Sella.

### Regional Trade Accords
Following the settlement, broader commercial pacts were concluded among the four communities. Hearthmere’s standardized ceramic jars formed the foundation of a coordinated regional exchange:
- Reedhaven committed to weaving shock-absorbing wicker sleeves and providing river barge transport to ship the ceramic containers safely.
- Barleybank committed forward harvest grain from the coming crop to secure Hearthmere storage jars.
- Stonecross agreed to keep the upland road clear and maintain its wayside shelters open for traveling exchange parties between the settlements.

### Immediate Unresolved Pressures
- **Storehouse Buffer:** With the growing season underway, household consumption must remain strictly rationed until the harvest matures.
- **Harvest Commitments:** Barleybank is now formally pledged to deliver forward grain at harvest for ceramic jars, requiring disciplined yield tracking as crops head into early summer.
- **Logistics and Custody:** Arrangements will need to be coordinated with Reedhaven's river carriers and Hearthmere to receive, inspect, and safely store the thirty sealed jars upon delivery.