1863 letter - One word I can't decipher

[antiqueone]

Just one word I can't make out on 5th line. Hope someone can help.
"Produce in all Kinds of Corn
wheat average 7 quaters To
the Acre Barley from 8 To 9
quaters and all other Corn in
Proportion Dourin the []
they had from 10 to 12 quaters
of wheat to the Acre and all
other Corn in addition Our"

[Karen McDonald]

Hmmm...

Comparing letters, it looks like fer--. In fact, it looks like ferm, but that doesn't help...

Can we assume that Dourin is during? So During the (xxxx) they had...

I'll keep looking. Let's see what the experts say. 

[Gadget]

Could it be a misspelling of Durum ( wheat)

Add-  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durum

[Milliepede]

during the season?

[ShaunJ]

I read it as femn (famine? )

[Gadget]

Oops!  I looked at the wrong word.  I think it's ferm = farm

(those squiggly rs)

[JenB]

I wonder if the dot over the word transcribed as 'Dourin' is actually just an ink mark rather that a dot over an 'i'?
Could that word actually be 'Down' ?
i.e. Down the ferm/farm they had 10 to 12.....

[Bookbox]

I wonder if the dot over the word transcribed as 'Dourin' is actually just an ink mark rather that a dot over an 'i'?
Could that word actually be 'Down' ?
i.e. Down the ferm/farm they had 10 to 12.....

I agree with this in principle. Compare the w with wheat above. It seems to be the first word of a new sentence. But I think it's probably written Dowin, meaning 'down'. We know from other extracts that the spelling of this letter is a bit quirky.

[Norfolkman47]

Obviously a part of the farmed land where yields were 50% or more above normal, on the figures given.

I have to say my first reading was "Down the fenn". Is that possible terminology in the area to which this document relates?