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PRICES PAID TO FARMERS FOR BACON PIGS IN CANADA AND DENMARK. 



The following table shows the prices paid per 100 pounds live weight for bacon pigs 

 of first quality to the shareholders of Danish co-operative factories, and to farmers in 

 the province of Ontario, month by month (average) for the period commencing January, 

 1903, and ending July, 1909. The Canadian prices, taken from authentic market reports, 

 were those paid at country points, F.O.B., which would correspond with those paid at 

 the Danish factories. Since Danish pigs are paid for by dressed weight the prices 

 given represent live weight estimated on a shrinkage of 25 per cent from live to dressed 

 weight. According to Danish officials this is as nearly as possible the actual loss of 

 weight that takes place in the process of killing and dressing. The comparative prices 

 of Canadian and Danish bacon on the British market are shown on a later page. 



