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dead weight taken, with only the bowels removed, and according 

 to the quality, which is decided by an expert official, when the 

 carcase is cut up. No dissatisfaction has ever arisen about this 

 classification, or the weight given. Indeed, though weighbridges 

 are provided for live pigs at the factories, farmers seldom or never 

 trouble to use them. 



Nearly all pigs of 120 to 150 Danish lbs. weight get into the 

 first class. At Horsens, the first co-operative factory started sixteen 

 years ago with a membership of 1200 farmers, killing 24,000' pigs 





BACON-CUKINU FACTORY : HOKSENS 



a year, now with a membership four times greater, and killing 

 58,000, the quality classification runs : — 



About 5 per cent, extra prime. 

 „ 50 „ first class. 



„ 20 „ second class. 



„ 20 „ third class. 



„ 5 ,, inferioi". 



and id. a lb. represents approximately the variation in value. 



The prices for pigs are fixed once a week for all deliveries during 

 the ensuing week by the managing committee of a factory, who 

 are advised of the state and prospects of the British markets by 

 cable from their London sales agents. Immediately the prices are 

 fixed they are telegraphed or telephoned throughout the supply 

 area, so that people know exactly what they are doing before con- 

 signing their swine. 



Part of the price is paid on delivery of pigs, part when weighed, 

 and once a year the profits earned are divided amongst the farmers 

 in proportion to the quantity supplied. 



