Per cent. Mess pork 38 Hams 12¹⁄₂ Shoulders 8 Lard 14¹⁄₂ ----- Total 73 CUT INTO CUMBERLANDS WILL YIELD. 120-lb. LIVE HOG. Per cent. Cumberlands 37 American cut hams 14 Lard 10 -- Total 61 170-lb. LIVE HOG. Per cent. Cumberlands 39 American cut hams 14 Lard 11¹⁄₂ ----- Total 64 145-lb. LIVE HOG. Per cent. Cumberlands 38 American cut hams 14 Lard 11 -- Total 63 190-lb. LIVE HOG. Per cent. Cumberlands 40 American cut hams 14 Lard 12¹⁄₂ ----- Total 66¹⁄₂ CUT INTO ENGLISH LONG CLEARS WILL YIELD. Per cent. Long clear 38 American cut hams 14 Lard 12¹⁄₂ ----- Total 64¹⁄₂ =Change Cuts One Side.=--The following tests indicate how one side might be manipulated and changed to various cuts. This side weighed forty-four pounds, with ham and shoulder removed. The prices were those current at the time of making the tests and indicates the variable commercial value of the side by the various manipulations. The same weight side of meat made into different cuts varies in value from $4.00 to $4.34: SUMMARY OF TESTS. Product Value Hard ribs $4.2428 Standard ribs 4.1648 Short clear 4.1724 Back and dry salt bellies 4.2790 Back and dry salt rib bellies 4.3281 Back and sweet pickle bellies 4.1979 Extra rib 4.2743 Extra short clear 4.2739 Dry salt fat backs and dry salt rib bellies 4.3435 Dry salt fat backs and dry salt bellies 4.2947 Dry salt fat backs and sweet pickle clear bellies 4.2635 Fat back (tank) and dry salt rib bellies 4.0677 Fat back (tank) and dry salt clear bellies 4.0317 Fat back (tank) and sweet pickle clear bellies 4.0005 [Illustration: FIG. 128.--HARD SHORT RIBS. (NOT DELIVERABLE, BOARD OF TRADE.)] HARD SHORT RIB TEST.