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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 Excerpt:...bilge with at least the initials of the cooper's name and weight which is contained in each barrel, and also to be plainly branded with the first letters of the Christian name and the sirname at full length of the Inspector, inspection, ho» gKC. 29. The Inspectors and Repackers shall carefully inspect all beef and pork, and shall brand only such as shall be well fattened; the best quality shall be denominated "Mess Pork,"and shall consist of none but the sides of good fat hogs, and the barrels containing it shall be branded on one of the heads, "Mess Pork." The second quality shall be denominated "Prime," of which there shall not be in a barrel more than three shoulders, the legs being cut off at the knee-joint; the barrel shall not contain more than twentyfour pounds of head, which shall have the ears and snout cut off at the opening of the jaws, and the brains and the bloody grizzle taken out, and the rest of the pork, to constitute a barrel of prime pork, shall be made up of sides, necks and tail pieces; and on the head of every barrel of such pork shall be branded, "Prime Pork." The third quality of pork shall be denominated " Cargo Pork,'of which there shall not be in a barrel more than thirty pounds of head and four shoulders, and shall otherwise be merchantable pork, and shall be branded on one head of each barrel, " Cargo Pork." Beef for ex-gEC-30. All beef to be repacked for exportation shall be of fat pnrtation, now l r sorted. cattle, and shall be cut into pieces, as square as may be, and shall not exceed twelve nor be less than four pounds weight; and all beef which shall be fat and merchantable, shall be sorted and divided into three different classes, to be denominated mess, prime and...