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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The two kinds of clear pork shall consist of the best pieces 

 of large well fiitted healthy hogs, weighing three hundred 

 pounds or upwards, free from bones or the lean part of the 

 meat, excepting the ends of the ribs and the brisket ; and 

 extra clear pork shall consist of such pieces, not less than 

 three and a half inches thick, in the thickest part of such 

 pieces, clear of lean; and the clear pork of such pieces not 

 less than two inches and a half thick, in the thickest part of 

 such pieces, clear of lean. 



Bone middlings shall consist of middling pieces taken from 

 hoo-s w^ell fatted weighing two hundred and thirty pounds and 

 upwards. 



Navy mess pork shall consist of all parts of the carcass, 

 well fiitted, weighing from one hundred and sixty pounds to 

 two hundred and thirty pounds ; except the head, fore and 

 hind legs, the shoulder joint, lard, and refuse parts above 

 mentioned. 



Number one slmll consist of all parts of hogs well fatted 

 averaging two hundred and twenty pounds or upwards, and 

 each weighing not less than one hundred and eighty pounds, 

 and to have no more heads, legs, shoulders, or other coarse 

 parts, than belong to one carcass, deducting the lard and 

 refuse as above. 



Prime pork shall consist of all parts of one and a half hog 

 w^ell fatted, whjch shall weigh two hundred pounds, deduct- 

 ing the lard and refuse as above ; and if in half bar^-els, it 

 shall consist of pig pork, all parts of one carcass or not, 

 excluding the lard and refuse as above. In all cases, where 

 the legs of pork are taken out for any other purpose, the 

 weight shall not be made up of heads and shoulders, but with 

 other parts of the carcass, not less valuable than the legs 

 w^ould be, if salted. 



Cargo pork shall consist of the merchantable parts of 

 wholesome pork of quality inferior to prime pork, and there 

 shall not be more than the merchantable parts of two carcasses 

 of pork in one barrel ; except where any of the legs are taken 

 out, the same number of shoulder pieces and no more may be 



