Truss (unit)

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Truss was an English piece measure and means union. After this measure, straw and hay were prepared for sale. The sale took place after the load , and that was 36 trusses / bundles. A load of new hay before September 4th was 1 tun or 20 hundredweight , after that only 18 hundredweight.

Straw 1 truss = 1 bunch of 36 pounds
Hay, old 1 truss = 1 bunch of 56 pounds
Hay, fresh 1 truss = 1 bunch of 60 pounds (valid until September 4th)

literature

Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, government papers, exchange and banking and the customs of all countries and trading venues. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 588.