1005. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
343 
HOW A HOG “CUTS UP.” 
A 200-pouncI hog of the Berkshire type 
would dress out approximately 160 
pounds, green weight. This is about 80 
per cent. One side will cut up: 
Ham .12 to 15 lbs. 
Shoulder or picnic ham.... 6% to 7% or 8 lbs. 
. Boston butt.45 lbs. 
Blear plate. 2 to 3 lbs. 
Belly or bacon. 8V> lbs. 
I.oin -•..10 lbs. 
Fat hack. (i lbs. 
The remaining part of the weight would 
he in the head, which would be about 10 
or 11 pounds, the sparerib and the trim¬ 
mings. I here would be a waste in the 
trimming of about 4 x / 2 or 5 pounds a side. 
There is a shrink of about 3 to V/i per 
cent during the chilling process. I shall 
give you the weights of a 350-pound hog 
slaughtered here at our short course. 
Livo weight .350 
Dressed weight .271 
Dressing, per cent. 77.42 
Weight. 
Head, minus tongue. 20.5 
Tongue . 1 . 
Gullet . 5 
Heart . 1 . 
Lungs and windpipe. 1. 
Heart and lung fat.5 
Liver . 4 . 
Melt .5 
Stomach, total . 12. 
Tripe, stomach emptied and stripped.. 2.5 
Small guts, minus ruffle fat. 4.5 
Bung guts. 1.5 
Kidney .75 
Gut fat. . 2. 
Caul fat .. 1.5 
Ruffle fat . 3. 
Leaf lard . 14. 
Shoulder (whole).... 21.5 
Shoulder trimmings. 7. 
Pork loin . 15. 
Fat back . 20. 
Side, spare rib out. 23. 
Spare ribs. 2. 
Belly trimmings. 4. 
Ham (whole). 31. 
Ham (trimmed....). 22.5 
Ham trimmings. 8.5 
Shanks and feet. 2.5 
Shoulder fat. 8. 
Weight right side before cutting.133. 
Weight left side.138. 
Iowa State College. w. j. rutherford. 
ALL SORTS 
OrTTi.omc for Beef.—I think that, the out¬ 
look for first-class beef is excellent, and espe¬ 
cially so where the grower lives near a mar¬ 
ket where there is a demand for sweet, juicy 
beef, which Chicago beef usually lacks. 
Port Austin, Mich. ,t. h. h. 
Goon Plymouth Rocks. —I have been 
much interested from time to time reading 
tlie reports of what smart hens have done in 
egg-laying during tlie Winter months. Per¬ 
haps the following report may be of interest. 
Thirty-three Plymouth Rock pullets from one 
of our poultry houses started to lay in Sep¬ 
tember last and continued doing such good 
work an account was kept from December 1 
to April 1, as follows: December, 48 14 
dozen; January, (11 >/> dozen; February, 58V_> 
dozen ; M’arch, 86% dozen. o. w. b. 
Connecticut, 
Talking Turret. —Does it pay to raise 
turkeys? I report my sales from a flock 
of White Hollands, consisting of six hens 
and one tom, for 1904: April, eggs, $3.50; 
May, one turkey, 15 poults, $5; November 1, 
two turkeys, 22)4 pounds at 20 cents, $4.50; 
November 2, 13, 126 pounds, $25.50; No¬ 
vember 20, three, (dressed) 28 pounds at 25 
cents, $7, five, 61% pounds at 20 cents, 
$12.30; November 23, 16, 160 pounds at 15 
cents, $24, four breeders, $11.50; seven late- 
hatched, $12.50; total, $105.80. I have used 
on my own table 14 which I will put at a very 
low average weight, eight pounds at 20 cents, 
$22.40. I have reserved eight to add to my 
flock as breeders, value $20, and one took a 
first prize, winning $10; total $52.40. 
W. C. VAN WINKLE. 
An Acre for Hens. —As to the question 
asked on page 237, it would seem to me the 
land would best be put in corn, as that is 
mostly done on sod land, and unless the land 
Is very poor it ought to grow a crop of corn 
without much, if any, fertilizer Regarding 
fertilizer, I do not know much about it, as I 
usd for corn the hen manure, which is the 
best thing I know of for that crop. I would 
plant the ordinary field corn and unless it 
was not wanted to ripen no root crops could 
be raised this season or not in time to sow to 
rye in the Fall. If I were going to plant 
root crops would plow the land as early as it 
could be worked to advantage, and plow again 
about May 20, and plant to mangel beets, 
using a liberal allowance of fertilizer, 500 to 
1,000 pounds (if I did not have the hen 
manure). If I did not want so many beets 
I would plant part in corn and part in beets, 
or early sweet corn could lie planted and got 
off in time to plant turnips. In either case 
it would be rather late to sow to rye unless 
it was sown in with the crops, which could 
be done. d. a. mount. 
SQUABS 
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Ready for market when 
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tr r fr ? m guaranteed stock. Single and Rose. B. and 
W. Leghorns, BT’d, Buff and W.Uocks. Golden and W. 
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R HODE ISLAND REDS, Light Brahmas. Bar- 
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hardy, prolific, farm bred, pure stock. For BIRDS, 
moderate prices, or EGGS to HATCH, 6c. each, write 
WALTER SHERMAN, 25 Boulevard, Newport, U. I. 
White Plymouth Rocks Fishei strain Eg gs from 
$1 per 15, $5 per 100. 
tested laying stock. 
Isaac C. Clark, Penn Yan, N. Y. 
Cox’s Barred Rocks SHiw’kSd SBmJ: 
Ringlet strain, farm raised, satisfaction guaranteed. 
Eggs $1 per 15. J. W. COX, New Wilmington, Pa. 
Barred Rocks 
(Ringlet strain) direct from E. B. Thompson; Eggs 
from strictly choice matings, $1.50—111, $3.00—30. 
TT A T r T ^ V »1I V»T • T —- 
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Lacoyville, Wyoming Co., Penna. 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS- Fine stock a 
specialty; eggs for hatching. Yards headed by 
“Nucleus” and his equal, winner at the great Roches¬ 
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15 eggs $2, 30 eggs $3.50; safe arrival guaranteed, 
SIDNEY SPRAGUE, Falconer, New York. 
White Holland Turkeys 
The kind that come homo to roost. Eggs $3.50 per 9. 
Stock after Nov. 1. 
M. O. VAN WINKLE, Stone Ridge, New York. 
15 EGGS FOR $1 
Fine Holstein-Friesian Calves from $20 up. 
MAPLE LAWN STOCK FARM, New Berlin, N. Y. 
V alley View Poultry Farm, Belleville, Pa. Bronze and Wild 
Turkeys. Leading varieties of Poultry. Prices low. Cat.free. 
90 
,Var s Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats. 
Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty 60 p. book. 10c. 
Bates freo T A. BEKGEY.Box8,Telford.Pa. 
WHITE WYANDOTTES EXCLUSIVELY 
Eggs for hatching from good stock, $1 per 13, $5 per 
100. E. FRANKLIN KEAN, Stanley, New York. 
R p Blk. Minorcas, Wh. Brown and Bf. Legs, Bar. 
■ «' Rocks, Wh. & Bf.Wyandottes, Reds,Sherwoods, 
Wh. Wonders, Pk Ducks, Bronze Turkeys, Cockerels; 
White Guineas. McCAIN CO., B., Delaware, N. J. 
WRIGHT’S WHITE WYANDOTTES 
(Duston Strain) Eggs, 75 cts. per 15; $4 per 100. 
Grandview Farm, Stanfordville, N. V, 
W HITE WYANDOTTES, 400 layers, bred for 
laying and market qualities for 8 years. Plonty 
of eggs $5 per 100; $45 per 1000. Safe arrival guaran¬ 
teed. E. H. DkMAR, Bryantvillo, Mass. 
S, C. White Leghorns 
Eggs for hatching, 
_ $1 for 15; $1.75 for 
30; $5 per 100. J. R. WINN, Smith’s Basin. N. Y. 
EGGS 
Single Comb White Leghorn Eggs. Healthy 
selected stock. Free range. $1 per 15; $4 
per 100. I>. F. ARNOLD, Burlington Flats, N. Y. 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
Van Drosser Strain: Barred Rocks Ringlet Strain, 
$1 for 15. F. H. COOKINGHAM, Cherry Creek. N.Y. 
MANOKIN WHITE LEGHORNS SATISFY 
Greatest Egg; Producers; used exclusively on 
all large egg-farms. Stock and Eggs at Farmers’ 
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BUSINESS WHITE LEGHORNS 
and unsurpassed in beauty. Eggs that Hatch. 
Incubator Chicks 1812.50 per lOO 
HILANDALE FARM, Brooklyn, Ohio. R.F.D. 2. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Eggs for hatching from mature birds. We have been 
breeding "Business Leghorns” for 10 years. Send for 
circular and prices. White & Rice, Yorktown, N. Y. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C, WHITE LEGHORNS 
won two first premiums at New York State Fair. 1904. 
Trios, $5; Eggs, $1 per 15; $5 per 100. Catalogue free. 
ZIMMER BROS.. R. D. 41, Weedsport. N. Y. 
BUFF, White Leghorns. Eggs 75c per 15, $1.25 per 30, 
$2 per 60. Cir. free. JOHN A. ROTH, Quakertown, Pa. 
Cornish Indian Gaines Both Prizewinners 
and White Wyandottes !;,?rcI£SJir" 
W. C. VALENTINE. Huntington. R. F. D.,New York. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
orcas. Single Comb Brown Leghorns. Price $1 for 
fifteen. Address LAKE CHAUTAUQUA POUL¬ 
TRY FARM, Lock Box 46, Mayville, New York. 
PEKIN DUCKS AND 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
200 April hatched ducks, $1.50 to $2.50 each. Duck 
egg orders booked. $115 for 11; $8 per hundred. 
Leghorns arc the real egg machines. Eggs for incu¬ 
bating $1 for 13; $6 per hundred. Largest plant 
vicinity of New York City. 8C pens, 2,000 layers. Cut 
of same in Cyphers catalogue. Agent Cyphers In¬ 
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Pineland Incubators 
W hi-n Hatch them 
Pineland Brooders 
^ h f ' ri Rear them 
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EKIN DUCK EGGS 
FOR HATCHING, PURE WHITE DUCKS 
13 EGGS, $1.25; 26, $2; 100, $6 
John H. Gamber, R. F. D., No. 1 Lancaster, Pa. 
FOR SALE Fifteen Eggs $1, from my celebrated 
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best layers read the Business Hen. Address, 
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RDCn FOR FfifiS -Our Barred Rocks lay 256 to 
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Booking orders now for S. C. White and Brown Leg¬ 
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and Barred Plymouth Rocks. $1.50 per 15. White 
Plume Strain. No one has better stock, 
LOCUST FARMS, Eatontown, N. J. 
EGGS for hatching, from Rose Comb Buff Leghorns. 
Rose Comb Brown Leghorns and Silver Pencilled 
Wyandottes. A. S. BEEKMAN. South Branch, N.J 
WHITE ORPINGTONS, 
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SALMON FAVEROLLES. 
Send for list of winnings, also copy of “What is a 
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Orpingtons, Buff, Black, White, 
Why not have the very best obtainable? First cost 
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List describing thirty-two breeding yards and prices 
of eggs. The blood from the largest winners at New 
York the past three years are in these yards. 
Box 78, WILLOW BROOK FARM, Berlin, Conn. 
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Perfect in construction and 
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egg. Write for catalog to-day. 
GEO. H. STAHL, Quincy 
50-«gg size, - 
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HATCH EVERY EGG USED 
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Kan. Send for FREE catalogue, giving those 
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Box 23, Springfield, Ohio. 
IL'ORMAS & Brooders 
Low In price. Fully guaranteed. 
Send for free catalogue. 
BANTA MFG. CO.. LIGONIER. INDIANA. Fr'eeCatalne 
FOR HATCHING 
$2.00 for 13 
From prize-winning breeds S. C. Browr 
Leghorns, White Wyandottes, Barred an. 
, Kocks. Price of Cockerelsand Pullet 
k $3.00 each. ’Irios'$7.50. Green's Poultry 
Book for 25 cents. 
GREEN'S NURSERY CO 
k Rochester, 
N. Y. 
Poultry 
Barred Plymouth Rocks, 
For Pleasure and Profit 
SIX BREEDS— the best by tost. 
8. ( White Leghorns, White Wy- 
tfl andottes, White Plymouth Rocks, 
Hlack Minorcas. Light Brahmas. 
Exhibition Matings, $5 for 12; $10 for 36 
Laying Matings, $2 for 12; $8 for 100. 
ANGORA GOATS 
— Bucks, Does and Kids. 
... - .. each. These Goats are 
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Selected Does due to kid in April, $15 to $30 each * 
easily raised and sold; are affect' " * 
Box Y. 
(Established 1888.) 
Poultry 
Hartford., 
Conn 
