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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 searcely equal to prime hogs, and good 
hogs stand a little lower still, than the choice. 
“ Medium” sometimes refers to weight alone, and some- 
Fie. 62.—‘‘Prime heavy hogs,” weight 350 to 500 pounds, ,the extreme of the fat or lard 
type. At onetime 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 
