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borough Advertiser were filled up with four columns as 

 follows : 



ist Column 2nd Column 3rd Column 4th Column 



Names and Description The quantity Remarks on 



addresses of quality 



of Vendors Provender 



This was done in order that hunting-men might pur- 

 chase their fodder direct from the farmers. Some 

 people doubt the utility of any registration of pro- 

 vender in the hands of farmers on the ground that 

 many hunting-men have no knowledge of the quality 

 and value of corn and hay ; but the doubt, to my mind, 

 seems foolish, as the ignorant hunting-man has only to 

 order his dealer to buy direct from a farmer resident in 

 the country in which he hunts. Certainly the farmers 

 think that it is the duty of the Master to do his utmost 

 to see that the money spent by his followers should be 

 circulated amongst the occupiers of the land over 

 which they ride. But the duty requires an infinite 

 amount of tact. The Master cannot make a fixed rule 

 that his followers should buy their fodder from the 

 farmers in the country which he hunts, but he can 

 express his wish that they should do so ; and, as Lord 

 Lonsdale did, provide means by which the farmers 

 can bring their wares before the notice of hunting- 

 men. 



There is another side from which we may view this 

 question. It is seldom that the modern farmer can 



