338 TYPES AND MARKET CLASSES OF LIVE STOCK 



ingly that market hogs, like market cattle, have undergone an 

 evolution from immense weights in the early days to the handy- 

 weight market animal of the present time. In 1857 the follow- 

 ing records of weights were made on the Cincinnati market: 



Number of hogs Net weight Average per hog 



3 2,301 710 



5 3,200 640 



7 5,040 720 



22 8,866 403 



50 18,750 375 



52 19,604 377 



320 104,000 325 



657 200,355 305 



1,116 361,846 324 



In 1866 these weights were exceeded as shown in the fol- 

 lowing records for that year: 



Number of hogs Net weight Average per hog 



11 6,732 612 



20 15,452 772 



30 15,180 506 



35 15,785 451 



35 15,712 449 



43 15,738 366 



107 43,014 402 



200 71,800 359 



346 139,092 402 



400 150,000 375 



1,227 488,505 398 



Of the lot of twenty included above it was said: "The 

 lot of twenty, raised and fed for market in our county (Ham- 

 ilton County, Ohio) has certainly no parallel in the wide world, 

 none of the hogs exceeding 19 months of age, and generally 

 running from 15 to 16 months old." 



Wren and Schaffer of Middletown, Ohio, packed in 1870 

 a lot of thirty-eight Poland-China hogs averaging 613 pounds 

 gross at 21 months old, all fattened by one man in Butler County. 

 Following are records of a large number of hogs (Poland-Chinas) 

 raised in Butler County, Ohio, and sold to packers in 1870: 



Average gross 

 weight 



501 

 536 



493 

 490 

 713 



773 



