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<blockquote data-quote="Double Naught Spy" data-source="post: 1314072" data-attributes="member: 55410"><p>What, you couldn't get anymore people behind it? I think you could have squeezed in a couple more for the pic!</p><p></p><p>Nice hog! </p><p></p><p>The easiest way to get a good estimate it the heart girth measurement. You measure the chest directly behind the arm pits to get the smallest circumference you can with a taut measuring tape. Take the number of inchs, multiply by 10, then subtract 200 and that will give you a very close actual estimate of the weight.</p><p></p><p>That is the shortcut formula. The real formula will give you a result that is literally 1-3 lbs different and involves a lot more calculation that I can never remember in the field...</p><p><a href="http://www.thepigsite.com/articles/1106/use-heart-girth-to-estimate-the-weight-of-finishing-pigs/" target="_blank">http://www.thepigsite.com/articles/1106/use-heart-girth-to-estimate-the-weight-of-finishing-pigs/</a></p><p></p><p>A tape measure is easy to carry in the field and the hog can be "weighed" on the ground, so no hoisting necessary as with a scale.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Double Naught Spy, post: 1314072, member: 55410"] What, you couldn't get anymore people behind it? I think you could have squeezed in a couple more for the pic! Nice hog! The easiest way to get a good estimate it the heart girth measurement. You measure the chest directly behind the arm pits to get the smallest circumference you can with a taut measuring tape. Take the number of inchs, multiply by 10, then subtract 200 and that will give you a very close actual estimate of the weight. That is the shortcut formula. The real formula will give you a result that is literally 1-3 lbs different and involves a lot more calculation that I can never remember in the field... [url]http://www.thepigsite.com/articles/1106/use-heart-girth-to-estimate-the-weight-of-finishing-pigs/[/url] A tape measure is easy to carry in the field and the hog can be "weighed" on the ground, so no hoisting necessary as with a scale. [/QUOTE]
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