GRADES OF PORK AND SWINE 



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Roughs. 

 Stags. 

 Boars. 

 Miscellaneous : 



Roasting pigs, 15 to 30 Ib. 



Feeders. 



Governments. 



Pen-holders. 



Dead hogs. 



Roughs are hogs of all sizes that are coarse, rough, and lacking in 

 condition too inferior to be classed as packing hogs or as light 

 mixed hogs. The pork from these hogs is used for the cheaper 

 class of trade for both packing and fresh meat purposes. 



Stags are hogs that at one time were boars beyond the pig stage and 

 have been subsequently castrated. They sell with a dockage of eighty 

 pounds. If they are of good quality and condition and do not show 

 too much stagginess, they go in with the various grades of packing 

 hogs. When they are coarse and staggy in appearance, they are sold 

 in the same class with boars. The intermediary grades sell for prices 

 ranging between these extremes, dependent on their freedom from 

 stagginess and their quality and condition. 



