DEAD WEIGHT IN SWINE.
INTERESTING /■Some, divergence/of statement has'.been/ apparent'•'lately.,as/to the-difference "between, live 'and...dead weights of. pigs in'/Nety:Zealand. -In /England it is. recognised that-the deadMveight is' about 7-9ths of the, live'.weight. '■■■ ;?But:,tho.proportion':, varies .'with ..age..; ..Tho; allowance' at', the': different ages is/shown in- tie following -table-.T-/;./ .//'/'/ '■',;■ . ji Live weight in ;'v-v ' '•'■ v■•' .Per cent, of ,/stbne:;of .;/■: ■■'■ Over to 83 : . • 35■.t0!'40••'•.- .:v..;;.;;.;.;.;..;;;:..'.;;;;. 81 to 86 ■'■■ :' 30-to 85' ■, .;>.;..;.....„;...._.;;.;.;■: 83 to 8-i '; ; 25:t0.30,: : .;..;...i.v............V..;.. / 81 to 82 -.'■' 20t025 ■- ■....;..'.■..._;,....;:,;,....;,•-. 70 to 80 : 78 to 79 . ':,;Under,,,15;;.;...;,.';;.:.■ 75 t0.77 , .'These, proportions,', •-however, ■ are' 'for well-fed/pigs. A/-, carcass v: of pork includes head,,- fc-et', skin,' and leaf fat inside, so. that: the/offal ,3s a comparatively small proportion. •; : -;
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 8
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111DEAD WEIGHT IN SWINE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 8
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