. Pork production under California conditions . Figure 9.—Lot No. 2, showing less size, width and finish than those inLot No. Figure 10.—Lot No. 2 (same as illustration on page 12-c). r>74 UNIVERSITV OK CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT STATION ready to pay to anyone a premium of fifteen cents per hundredpounds live weight for each per cent the carcass dresses out abovethe state average of 75 per cent if they could be sure that the lothad been grain fed and would, therefore, not suffer the shrinkagecommon on carcasses not rain fed. It is, therefore, essential thatthe seller of grain fed hogs shall
. Pork production under California conditions . Figure 9.—Lot No. 2, showing less size, width and finish than those inLot No. Figure 10.—Lot No. 2 (same as illustration on page 12-c). r>74 UNIVERSITV OK CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT STATION ready to pay to anyone a premium of fifteen cents per hundredpounds live weight for each per cent the carcass dresses out abovethe state average of 75 per cent if they could be sure that the lothad been grain fed and would, therefore, not suffer the shrinkagecommon on carcasses not rain fed. It is, therefore, essential thatthe seller of grain fed hogs shall see that the buyer has opportunityto assure himself that the hogs to be marketed are being or havebeen grain fed for a long enough time to insure the increased qualitywhich commands the premium. The barley marketed by feeding toLot 1 brought thirty-three cents per one hundred pounds more than that fed to Lot 2. This was due inpart to the larger gains made byLot 1, and in part to their higherselling price. The factors which influencedressing percentage are: the age,condition, paunch and stomach con-tents. A hog lacking in
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