To get one of those you have to grovel and cringe and beg several folks already got their Phuds. Folks who has got Phuds don't like the thought of there being a glut of Phuds.

Hogs are also advantageous, when they can be brought through the winter without the ravages of any annual distemper; but where they are in a broken, unequal, and consequently unfattable state, dinmonting them becomes necessary […]

It's not that big of a deal.

a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money