600 



All beef shall be weighed upon the first week-day succeeding that on 

 which it may be slaughtered ; and every person, who shall slaughter 

 beef, so sold in market by weight, and prepare it for being weighed, in 

 any other manner than as herein prescribed, Shall forfeit a sum not ex- 

 ceeding thirty dollars for each offence ; provided, that nothing herein 

 contained shall prevent the buying and selling of beef cattle on the 

 foot, or the slaughtering or weighing of cattle in any mode or at any 

 time, which shall be agreed upon between the buyer and seller. — Re- 

 vised Statutes, p. 260. 



L.— (p. 311.) 



PLAN OF MR. PHINNEy's IIOG-STYES. 



" The annexed is a rough plan, which may serve to give you an idea 

 of the compact manner in which my hogs are kept. It is intended for 

 a plan of the upper story and one end. The lower story corresponds 

 with the upper, except that the promenade is extended out about six 

 feet from the line of the upper outside promenade line. 



