The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-08
A Public Decker.

At the meeting of the Live Stock ex-
dIange the following rules, to govern
docking, were adopted. A public decker
will be employed in a short time, and the
following rules are published for the
benefit of those who are interested. A
public decker has long been considered a
necessity and numerous disputes and mis-
understandings will be remedied by this
stion. This news will also be welcome
to shippers. Following are the rules:
Rule l. There shall be appointed by the
board of directors of the Wichita Live
Stock exchange II public inspector, who
shall be s al Toned at the scales in the stock
yards and shall decide how many, if any,
piggy sows and stays there are in each lot
weighed, aud stamp the number thereof
on the scale ticket over his own signature
and his decision shall lie binding upon
both buyer and seller thereof, unless such
buyer or seller choose to appeal to referees
Rs hereinafter provided. In any case either
the buyer or seller shall have the right to
appeal.
Rule 3 Referees to settle disputes over
the dockage OF hogs shall be selected from
disinterested parties; one by the seller and
one by the buyer; if they agree their de-
cision shall be final and binding except as
below provided for. If the two referees
cannot agree they may call in a third and
decision OF two of the three shall be final
except as below provided. In each and
every case where referees are called. their
decision as TO the number of piggy sows
Snd stays shall be stamped upon the scale
ticket over the signatures of the two
referees agreeing. The decision of the
referees as to whether hog is properly
Gockable as stag or not shall be final and
binding to both parties. 1t shall be the
duty of any member of the Wichita Live
STOCK exchange to act as referee when
called upon.
Rule 3. The buyer of hogs snail have the
right as a final appeal from decision of
referees 10 demand, where the pregnancy
of a sow is called into question, may be
placed, properly marked, in a pen provid-
ed Tor that purpose, and at some time
during the same business day said SOW
shall be slaughtered in the presence of
buyer, seller, public inspector and ref
erees. or any or all of them provided the
buyer ana seller are represented. Ii upon
examination of the animal she is found to
contain ten pounds or more OF pig bags.
she shall be condemned as dockable When
this question is raised the scale ticket
shall be stamped with the word Dis
puted, and at the same time the public
inspector shall stamp over his own name
the number of pregnant spws and number
OF sta S not in dispute on the scale ticket.
and after a decision shall be arrived at as
TO the animals in dispute, the public in
spector shall stamp the result on the scale
ticket over his own signature.
Rule l. The dockage or shrinkage al
lowed on all hogs shall be forty pounds
for every and each piggy SOW. aud eighty
pounds for each and every stag. except in
case of lots of hogs averaging $50 pounds
or less, which shall be ciaSsed skips and be
cooked twenty pounds on piggy sows ana
forty pounds on stays. The Inspector shall
dock all sows that show beyond doubt
that the same are pregnant. and all stays
that show plainly that they have been
used as bears. In no case shall hogs be
subject TO dockage because the same are
rough or coarse
Rule .. When a load of hogs is brought
TO the scales and il is found there are one
or more understandable hogs in such
LOAD, these understandable hogs shall be
thrown out by the inspector. but the same
rules In regard to arbitration, as TO the
difference OF opinion, shall apply in such
cases as To ali cases of dockage. The fol- |
lowing shall be considered .unmerchant- |
able hog:
First-Very thin or skinny.
Second-Badly frozen, so that sale OF /
meat is injured
Third-Any hogs very Dolly or badly !
cut" so that meat Is injured for sale.