George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 27 February 1762]

27. Killed 27 Hogs after being Six days coming from Frederick and very well emptied—wch. hogs weighed gross as follows—viz.

320 202 254 206 220
130 128 160 134 132
178 178 150 126 206
128 172 131 154 181
181 120 240 214 144
120 134
1057 934 935 834 883
1057 1991 2926 3760
1991 2926 3760 4643
4643 lbs. being the gross wt. I then tryed what they woud weigh nett, after being killd 12 & 18 hours.

124 142 100 106 100
174 252 180 162 212
106 146 186 94 104
140 122 174 146 150
126 164 114 114 108
94 96
764 922 754 622 674
764 1686 2440 3062
1686 2440 3062 3736
deduct for a Rope, weighg. Nett Porke 81
3655
add for Hasllets 139
ditto for Gut fat 96
3890

The difference between Nett. & gross Porke is 753 by wch. it appears that there is a loss of 16 pr. Ct.

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