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Pork Production 



and are generally sold by the packer to retail dealers who 

 dispose of the carcasses in the form of chops, boiling 

 pieces, and other fresh cuts, the trimmings being used for 

 sausage. It is estimated that around 10 per cent of all 

 the hogs coming to the Chicago market are of this class. 

 With the general use of hog cholera serum, many of the 

 thin pigs which now come to market find their way im- 

 mediately to the feeding plant of the professional feeder. 

 Pigs dress out about as follows : 



Table CLXXV. — Average Dressed Yield op Pigs 



Bmighs. 



A few hogs coming to market are so inferior in form, 

 condition, and quality that they cannot be included even 

 with the poorer grades of packing hogs and are given the 

 descriptive name. Roughs. The meat is very coarse in 

 quality and is used by the cheaper trade for both packing 

 and fresh meat purposes. 



Stags. 



Stags are castrated boars and sell with a dockage of 

 80 pounds. Due to the dock and their heavy weight and 

 high condition, the quoted prices for stags are sometimes 

 as high as for packing and even butcher hogs. A dockage 

 of 80 pounds on a 480-pound stag is equivalent to a reduc- 

 tion of If cents a pound when stags are quoted at $10 a 

 hundredweight. If not too staggy in appearance, they 



