SHRINKAGE IN PIG WEIGHTS.
LESS FOR WELL-FED ANIMALS. Speaking to a meeting of farmers at Morrinsville last Thursday, Mr. L. Gardiner, representing the North Island Co - operative Pig Marketing Association, stated that the difference in the live and dead weights of a baconer was approximately 27a per aent., while for a porker the difference was 33a per cent. A well-fed pig did not shrink as much as an illfed animal.
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Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 134, 27 May 1926, Page 8
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70SHRINKAGE IN PIG WEIGHTS. Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 134, 27 May 1926, Page 8
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