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and give evidence of being fitted to a high degree of perfection. 

 (Fig. 62.) In other words, prime hogs are those which fully 

 come up to the highest standard of the class to which they 

 belong. Choice hogs are scarcely equal to prime hogs, and good 

 hogs stand a little lower still, than the choice. 



" Medium " sometimes refers to weight alone, and some- 



FIG. 62. "Prime heavy hogs," weight 350 to 500 pounds, the extreme of the fat or lard 

 type. At one time these hogs were much more numerous on American markets than they 

 are to-day. (Photo, from Illinois Experiment Station.) 



times includes quality as well. Many market terms are purely 

 local in significance, and hence are difficult to define. 



" Common " represents a still lower grade, and " poor " 

 and " rough " the least desirable grades. 



" Heavy " hogs may range in weight from 350 to 500 

 pounds. They are not so numerous as they were some years 

 ago, but they 'still constitute quite an important feature of the 



