1,56 DISPOSAL OF THE HAY. 



Thirty-six trusses constitute what is called a 

 load of hay, in the south and eastern parts of 

 England. In some parts a ton, or twenty 

 hundred weight, is the quantity. 



The manner in which hay is disposed of by 

 the farmer, who sends it to London, is usually 

 this : there are persons at the markets, called 

 salesmen, who receive it as it comes in, and, on 

 the proper market days, treat with the various 

 customers who resort thither to buy. They 

 are then responsible to the farmer, for whom 

 they thus transact on commission, for the mo- 

 ney for which it is sold, reserving to themselves 

 five shillings a load for their agency. In this 

 way, the vast quantities of hay seen in Smith- 

 field, Whitechapel, the Haymarket, and other 

 parts of London, are rendered to the consum- 

 ers of the metropolis ; and so great is the 

 supply, sometimes, that country-dealers can go 



