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in summer and too young to cure. About lo per cent 

 of tlie hogs coming to the Chicago market are of this 

 class." 



ROUGHS 



This class includes 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 

 ])ork from these hogs is used for the cheaper class of 

 trade for both packing and fresh-meat purposes. In 

 market reports pigs and roughs are frequently classed 

 together, not because they belong in the same class, but 

 because they sell at approximately the same price." 



STAGS 



''Stags are hogs that at one time were boars beyond 

 the pig stage and have been subsequently castrated. 

 I'hey sell with a dockage of 80 pounds. If they are of 

 good C[uality 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 inter- 

 mediary grades sell for prices ranging between these 

 extremes, dependent upon their freedom from stagginess 

 and their quality and condition." 



BOARS 



"Boars are always sold in a class by themselves and 

 bring from $2 to $3 per 100 pounds less than the best 

 hogs on the market at the same time. They always .sell 

 straight, with no dockage. There are no distinctions as 

 to grades; they simply sell as boars. Of course, if there 



