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tained for further inspection, and are 

 known as "Governments." 



Penholders are hogs of poor form, and 

 coarse quality that are kept at the stock 

 yards by commission men and specula- 

 tors simply for holding pens. They 

 have no influence on the market. 



Dead hogs refer to hogs that have 

 been killed on the cars in transit and like- 

 wise have no influence on the market. 



Summarizing for the Chicago market 

 — It will be seen that butcher hogs con- 

 stitute about 25 per cent of all the hogs 

 sent to that market; packing hogs, 40 

 per cent; light hogs, 15 per cent; pigs, 

 10 per cent, and other classes, 10 per 

 cent. 



For details as to marketing hogs, quo- 

 tations for the different classes, etc, see 

 Chapter IV on Marketing Live Stock. 



