The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-17
Queer Lingo of
Cattle Market

"Dockage" is q specified weight de-
Quoted from sows and stays originally
used for breeding purposes and are
coarse and rough--on sows dock is
40 pounds, on stays 70 pounds.
"Prime heavy" hogs weighing 800 to
400 pounds, prime condition, form and
quality. Usually 10 months to 10
months and are heavier as we'll as old
er than the majority of the hogs mar
keted.
Medium heavy"-Good hogs weigh
ing 240 to 300 lbs. Both the prime
heavy and medium heavy hog depends
largely for outlet upon the packer.
Most popular In fall and winter.
Butcher hogs"-Most popular class
on The market. Must be Of right weight
for the butcher block from 100 to 2TO
pounds in most cases, (although at
times lighter or heavier) good quail
ity and proper condition. Nothing
grading less than a good hog has a
place In this class
shipping Shipper is hog Of
good form, condition and qualify used
to supply order trade. The require
ments vary, but for the most part call
for animal weighing 175 to 200 pounds.
Lights" are hogs weighing 100 TO
100 pounds, consisting principally of
young light weight barrows or clear
sows, graded good, common and In
| ferior.
'Light-lights" weigh from 1870 TO 100
pounds; graded good, common and In
| ferior.
"Pigs" are graded as choice, good
and common, and are subdivided as
follows. Strong weights, 100 to 100
pounds; medium, 40 to 125 pounds
light, 90 to 40 pounds.
"Pewees" young small pigs from GU
to so pounds. Usually sell at con
siderably lower figure than the heavier
pigs.
Boosters" are pigs weighing 10 to
40 pounds. They are rarely seen, ex
cept around Thanksgiving or Christ
mas.
"Roughs" are throw-outs too com
mon to grade, lack condition. form
and quality.
"Stags" are male hogs castrated af
ter maturity. AS they are wasty II
dressing dockge of 70 pounds is i'm
posed.
MIXED packers"-This class in
wolves the heavy hogs that do not have
the quality to grade as prime stock ant
the lighter weights that are not goOt
enough for butchers or shippers. II
short it takes In all of the throw-out:
of the aforementioned classes, eXcep
those too coarse.
"SInger"-A hog of narrow back ant
straight belly, particularly used for II
lean bacon. Weight 100 TO 200 pound
largely, although there is no STANDARD
weight. Must be of good quality, no
necessarily fat, popular In Canada AM
England but not common In this coun
try.
/ Sheep.
, Trimmed lamb"-One that has bee
castrated. Such sell to best advantag
: on the market.
: "Culls" are inferior grade lambs o
sheep thrown out of consignment b
, buyers and sold at lower price tina
r the remainder of the lot.
r "Skip"-A light, trashy, commo
= lamb. The plainest grade of Gull laml
/. Mutton sheep" are fat ewes @
: ewes and wethers mixed used 70
] killing. Wethers are often sold SCI
g arate as such.
s choppers" are aged ewes in medul
flesh, not good enough to grade as ia
8 Gamers" are very thin sheer
e which as the name implies are used fc
: canning purposes.
"Docked lamb"-One that las ha
its tail cut Off. Many lambs come I
e market with their tails badly gumme
up, which hurts the sale. All stockme
: are consequently urged to adopt ii
r practice Of docking their lambs whe
young.
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