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are too much of the fat or lard type for bacon. This class, then, 

 is made up of outcasts of two other classes of hogs; in one case 

 it takes the poorer hogs and in the other case the better hogs, 

 considered from the fat or lard hog standpoint. Hogs of this 

 class are used principally for the fresh meat trade and weigh 

 from 150 to 200 pounds. They range in age from five to seven 

 months. 



Light-light hogs. These range in weight from 125 to 150 

 pounds, and in age from five to six months. They are called 

 "light light" because they are the lightest of light hogs. They 

 are used principally for the fresh meat trade. In the Buffalo 

 market light hogs weighing from 130 to 180 pounds are called 

 "Yorkers." They are so called because they find ready sale 

 on the New York market and are very often shipped there from 

 Buffalo. "Dairies" is another term used in Buffalo, and means 

 hogs that have been fed on slops and refuse from dairies. The 

 flesh of these hogs is not so firm nor will they dress out so well 

 as corn-fed hogs. 



Pigs. 



Pigs, as they are considered on the market, range in weight 

 from 50 to 125 pounds, and in age from 3J/ to 6 months. All 

 pigs within these limits bought for slaughter classify here. They 

 are used principally to supply the demand from the cheaper 

 restaurants and lunch counters, and are in greatest demand in 

 winter, being hard to preserve fresh in summer and too young 

 to cure. 



Roughs. 



In this class we find hogs of all sizes that are very coarse, 

 rough, and lacking in condition. They are sometimes called 

 "throwouts." The pork 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 about the same price. 



Stags. 



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

 stage and were castrated. They sell with a dockage of 70 pounds. 

 If they are of good quality and condition and do not show too 



