[3] De trece hectolitros ... arriba, From thirteen hectoliters up. VARIANT: Trece hectolitros y más. Note: A hectoliter is equivalent to 2.85 bushels.
[4] puede considerarse, may be considered.
[5] ¿Por qué tiempo ...? By what time (when) ...?
[6] después de ..., after having been (after being) ....
[7] de hacienda en hacienda, from farm to farm.
[8] su propia trilladora, his own thrashing machine. VARIANT: Tiene la suya.
[9] se asocian entre sí, combine among themselves.
[10] en común, in common; in partnership.
[11] ¿Qué es éso? What is that? What may that be?
[12] mercancías a librar, goods (wheat) to be delivered.