d do everything they could to help alleviate the problem; districts were told to plant more corn; the wealthier citizens were to pay for the transportation of maize that came from other places, etc. These drastic measures were of no avail because they did not completely meet the demand for corn. Cope uses the alhondiga account books to give a better understanding of both the demand and supply of the maize for the period of December 1691 through July of 1692. During no crop failures, an estimated 1000 fanegas (bushels of corn) were distributed in a day; however, beginning December, only 700 fanegas were supplied. Obviously, there was a dema
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