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QUEER LINGO OF CATTLE MARKET ! Sheep and Hogs 'Also Come in for Their Share of Weird, and Slangy Expressions. SUM" CALF UNMARKETABLE "Butcher Hogs" Are Most Popular and,. Must Be of Right Weight and Quality-"Mutton Sheep" Are Fat Ewes and Wethers. In the marketing of cattle, sheep and hogs; often queer "terms are used. Reporting the markets daily causes many a weird terni to be coined mid V_ eventually adopted into the language. Here are given a number of common terms used in the course of live stock marketing. Even their users, in some instances, will be enlightened as to the full meaning: Cattle Terms and Classes. "Beef cattle" are the heavier, older, heifers or bulls, largely .boughs by the bigger, slaughterers. "Butcher cattle" are usually trim . weight stock, either cows, or steers i or heifers, carrying good flesh weigh ing 550 to 1050 pounds and highly desirable for the city butcher trade. "Prime finished" beeves are those that have been made strictly fat, gen erally of 6 to 12 months liberal feed ,on grain, cake, molasses or other i ried rations. "Ripe" is a similar term. "Fancy" beeves are those that have the prime or ripe finish referred to above and in addition carry full quality due to being high grade or pure bred stock. "Good," "fair," "medium," "plain," /'common" and "inferior" are terms applied to livestock in varying de grees of flesh, condition and quality as they range down the line under the grade of prime. "Corn fed" beeves usually refer to cattle that have had two to three Prime Finished Beeves. I months or longer ration of ger.-, T? j grain foo.** . "I, :r. f d catt-*: . .is?'.* i... t i. ?!:..(] fr-.s?T: IV: three mOUtilS (time varying) oi fairly generous ra tions. "Warmed up cattle" are those that ba>c been fed for a very brief period, generally three to- six weeks-time varying. "Grassers" are cattle, presumably fitted for market on the range or pas ture alone. "Canners" are poor thin animals, furnishing only low grade meat suited only for marketing in the form of canned product. "Cutters" are animals one grade bet ,ter than canners, but yet not carrying enough flesh to class as beef types. "Scalawags," "shells," etc., refer to. emaciated stock. "Heretics" is a term mostly applied ito inbred southern cattle between the Butcher Hogs. veal and yearling stage, weighing gen erally 150 to 300 pounds. "Slunk" Is a prematurely born calf unmarketable. "Yearlings" refer to cattle beyond the calf and under the two year class. "Heavy yearlings" (southern) are stock generally weighing 275 to per haps 450 pounds. "Light yearlings" (southern) are oat tie generally weighing 150 to 275 pounds. "Muley" cattle are those that are without horns. "Dogey" catie are fine boned, trim southwestern stock, usually susceptible j to quick finish on feed. A "quinine" ?teer in the trade par lauce is a poor, inferior animal having every appearance of-disease, usually extremely inbred. "Sausage" or "bologna" bulls are : those not carrying flesh enough to be 1 classed as beef types. -t , "Stocker" cattle are those suited tc i go back to the country primarily for further growth before being ready for ? feeding. Weights vary as to condl j tions, often reaching up to 850 pounds. "Feeder" cattle are those with suffi cient growth and flesh to make them sultsbls for placing immediately in the feedlots. Weights usually 850 pounds upward?. IMPORTANT-Dehorned cattle as a rule outsell those with horns. Cattle shruld be dehorned or horn tipped be fore put on feed, so buyers urge. . Hogs. "Top" is the day's extreme high price for carload lots. "Bulk" ls a term meaning the pre ponderance of sales for the day or period. "Dockage" is a specified weight de ducted from sows and stags originally used for breeding purposes and are coarse and rough-on sows dock ls 40 pounds, on stags 70 pounds. "Prime heavy" hogs weighing 300 to 400 pounds, prime condition, form and quality. Usually 10 months to IS mohths and are heavier as well cs 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 her, ry hog depends largely for outlet up .u the packer. Most popular (n fall and winter. "Butcher hogs"-Most popular class on the market. Must be of right weight fer the butcher block from 190 to 270 pounds in . most eases, (although at times lighter or hecvler)-of good qual fr Mutton Sheep. ity and proper condition. Nothing grading less than a good hog has a place in this class. "Shipping hog."-Shipper is a hog of good form, condition and quality 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 160 to 190 pounds, consisting principally of young light weight barrows or clear sows, graded good, common and In ferior. "Light-lights" weigh from 130 to 160 pounds; graded good, common and in ferior. "Pigs" are graded as choice, good and common, and are subdivided as follows. Strong weights, 130 to 150 pounds; medium, 110 to 125 pounds; light, 90 to 110 pounds. "Pewees" young small n!<rs from 60 to SO poiin^ . . ii ! gt* .."i i p .,, .. .Iiitn tni? heavier j "P'>u..:\ w. >.!.?..;: l': 1 'V rely soo::. MC- j . . 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 in dressing dockge of 70 Rounds ls im posed. ' "Boars" are not usually,, marketed until their days qf service are over and therefore old and coarse. As most stockmen have found from experience that it does not pay to send boars, very few of them come to market. They sell for much lower price than stags. "Mixed packers"-This class In volves the heavy hogs that do no" have the quality to grade as prime stock and the lighter weights that are noi: good enough for butchers or shippers. In short, lt takes In all of the throw-outs of the aforementioned classes, except those too coarse. "Singer"-A hog of narrow back and straight belly, particularly used for its lean bacon. Weight 160 to 200 pounds largely, although there is no standard weight. Must be of good quality, not necessarily fat, popular in Canada and England but not common In this coun try. Sheep. "Trimmed lamb"-One that has been castrated. Such sell to best advantage on the market, ? "Culls" are Inferior grade lambs or sheep thrown out of consignment by buyers and sola" at a lower price than the remainder of the lot. "Skip"-A light, trashy, common lamb. The plainest grade of cull lamb. "Mutton sheep" are fat ewes or ewes and wethers mixed used for killing. Wethers are often sold sep arate as such. "Choppers" are aged ewes in medium flesh, not good enough to grade as fat. A Heavy Yearling. "Canners" are very .thin sheep, which as the name Implies ars used for canning purposes, "Docked Iamb'-One that has had Its tall cut off. Many lambs come to market with their tails badly gummed up, whleh hurts the sale. AU stockmen are coi.j?equently urged lo adopt the practico of decking their lambs whet young. Hymns Taken From Rev. A. T. Allen's Calendar of Last Sunday. Hymn 7 Come, Thou Almighty King, Help us Thy name to sing; Help us to praise: Father, all glorious, O'er all victorious, Come and reign over us, Ancient of Days. Come, Thou Incarnate Word, Gird on Thy mighty sword, Our prayer attend: Come, and Thy people bless, And give Thy W^rd success, Spirit of holiness, On us descend. i To the great One in Three, Eternal praises be Hence evermore. His sov'reign majesty May we in glory see, And to eternity, Love and adore. Hymn 35 From ev'ry stormy wind that blows * From ev'ry swelling tide of woes, There is a calmea sure retreat, 'Tis found beneath the mercy seat. There is a place where Jesus sheds. The oil of gladness on our heads, A place than all besides more sweet, It is the blood-bought mercy seat. There i* a sc?ne where spirits blend, . ' ) Where friend holds fellowship with - friend; Tho' sundered far, by faith they meet, Around one common mercy seat. Hymn 46 Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee; Even though it be a cross That raiseth me; Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee; Though like the wanderer, The sun gone down, Darkness be over me, My rest a stone; v!i' " 'Tl Nearer, my oort, to ih? . wy Cor. L'hce, '.. - ..rer tn '.. ... There lee the way appear, Steps unto Heav'n: All that Thou sendest me, In mercy given: Angels to beckon me, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee; Vesper Verse Day is dying in the west, Heaven is blessing earth with rest, Wait and worship while the night Sets her evening lamps alight Through all the sky! Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts Heav'n and earth are full of Thee Heav'n and earth are praising Thee _* O Lord, Most High! Hymn 442 O worship the King all glorious above, And gratefully sing His wonderful ,love; Our Shield and Defender, the An cient of Days, Pavillioned in splendor and girded with praise. O tell of His might, and sing of l'His grace, Whose robe is light, whose canopy space; y His chariots of wrath the deep thunder clouds form, And dark is His path on the wings of the storm. Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite? It breathes in the air, it shines in the light; It streams from the hillsides, it descends to the plain, And sweetly distills in the dew and the rain. Hymn 680 Amazing grace how sweet the sound * That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see. 'Twas grace that taugh my heart to fear, / / And grace my fears removed; How precious did that grace ap pear The hour I first believed. Thru many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; 'Tis grace that brought me safe thus far, j And grace will lead me home. Yes, when this heart and flesh shall fail, And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess within the vail, A life of joy and peace. Proprietors Twenty-six Cafes Taken Into Custody in ' Raid. New York, April 9.-Disguised as tourists, their motor car covered with mud and dirt and their faces smeared with mud, Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith, New York's prohibition agents today raided nearly two score cafes, arresting 26 proprietors and employ ees and seizing liquor valued by them at $30,000. Seven nationalities were represent ed in the list'of prisoners, who were ' rounded up after several hours' work. The biggest haul was made in a former saloon at 3335 Amsterdam avenue.. Izzy and Moe breezed into the place this morning: "Did you enjoy that speech last night" asked Izzy of Moe as they approached the bar. "I did not ,replied Moe disgusted ly. "There was too much prohibition in it" I . ' "What will you have, boys? asked the proprietor, smiling. "A little hooch," naively replied Izzy. The proprietor poured the liquor in a glass and the two agents poured it into -tubes which they carried in their vest pockets. The owner, stun ned and surprised, then was placed under arrest. / Search of the place, Einstein said, revealed 55 cases of champagne and other imported wines, several cases of gin and whiskey and scores of bot tles of assorted liquor. Before pro ceeding to the Bronx, Einstein and Smith changed their disguises, as suming that of coach drivers, high hats and all. "I don't like these Sunday funer als," complained Izzy, as they walked into the first Bronx saloon. "Neither do I," replied Moe, "I hate to work on Sunday." The bartender, who served them with liquor, agreed with them, say ing "I'd like to go to the polo grounds this afternoon, but the boss won't let me off." \ "Sure he will," replied Izzy, "Come along with, me"-and he flash ed his shield. A summons was left for the owner. They had no difficulty, the agents said in getting liquor except in one place, -where the bartender who was serving near-beer, told them to "beat it" and picked up an empty bottle. Izzy and Moe walked, out satisfied, they said, that there was no chance o-f getting anything "on the bartend ' ...oda?\ ' - 1 " * ?lid: o te. ..libare polish. To Eliminate Empty Phrase i. The committee on the revision of the prayer book of the Protestant Episcopal church recommends the elimination in the marriage ceremony of the promise by the woman "to obey" and the pledge of the man "with all my worldy goods I thee en dow," and to disinterested outsiders it seems that the commission reasons well. Time long ago passed when a wife obeyed her husband unless she .. . so disposed and, as for the pledge respecting worldly goods, it lost its meaning and sanction even earlier. A result of the retention of empty phrases in the rite has been to bring those parts of it that are beautiful and solemn and ought to be binding into disrespect. Perhaps at the mo ment of taking the marriage vows most men and women are impressed with them but, before and after, they speak^of them flippantly' This would not be or it would be in smaller de gree if the~rite contained no empty phrases. The proposal of the commission is, one infers, to leave no vow in the marriage ceremony that does not conform to the ideas of Christian marriage that are now generally ac cepted. That implies that the church expects and demands of persons call ing upon it to sanction a marriage, to take with the utmost seriousness the obligations of the marriage relation ship as defined by it. The Episcopal church has set itself firmly against the severance of the marriage bond except in circumstanc es extraordinary and its practice in discountenancing divorce steadily grows more rigid. 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