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not always be easily read. Hogs are commonly marked with 

 paint that is in striking contrast to the color of the animal. 

 Stripes about an inch wide are made across the back with a 

 common paint brush. A combination of different colors, 

 with variations in arrangement and position on the animals, 

 will allow for giving numerous lots of hogs marks by which 

 they may be easily identified. "In many associations," ac- 



Figure 212. A method of marketing hogs. Note the marks on the back. Repro- 

 duced from Bulletin 314 of the Wisconsin Experiment Station. 



cording to Farmer's Bulletin 718, "hogs are not marked, but 

 those of each shipper are graded by the manager at the 

 shipping point, and a record of sows, boars, and stags, sub- 

 ject to dockage is kept. In this case the hogs are pooled at 

 the market and shrinkage is prorated on the basis of weight. 

 As a matter of protection to the owners, however, the mark- 

 ing of hogs is strongly advocated; because, in case hogs of 

 a certain mark show that they have been 'stuffed' before 



