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Show Fowl Work with Chickens p j Chicken killing is now a mechanized art, as demonstrated in the parkins house where these photos were made. Ahove, liens are fattened for the kill. fewkl. T',e mechanized f ) iff -I lroe88 8,ar's a I I y )r srTi & I I ',a,cn ' pringers I f4k 7 1 k r" I travr' along the mov- Yhx I V fgTW 'ng helt. Left, afler le- I ' lt&r JL neatness and dispatch, . W VVFk rouh fathers are j ' ' yT quickly plucked ly i r Jr hand, the hird is scald- . ' el an' ,nen Pa98ed Ht-'-"1 through a drier. The mechanized process starts as a hatch of springers travel along the moving mov-ing belt. Left, after he-ing he-ing "liquidated" with neatness and dispatch, rough feathers are quickly plucked hy hand, the hird is scalded scald-ed and then passed through a drier. From the drier, birds are douhle-dipped douhle-dipped in warm liquid wax. After the wax has congealed, con-gealed, employees standing along the line "break down" the birds, causing the wax to pop open. Feathers come off with the wax. Chickens go through this process proc-ess at the rate of 450 an hour. if Ml : pVlW f 1 : WkJK All 111 ,i Sr ? ,m i h ' 1 i- V.! Mil ti V "34 y-toy'' i k R i g h t, stray feathers are removed re-moved hy hand. Then (ahove) the Itirds are inspected. 1 he final step, packing the jf, ' ' hird in cartons preparatory ' to shipping them all oer pi f-TljS 4L ' y -v I the rotinlry. Hundreds of JLf4 4 thousands are sold weekly. ' wijUfcxi.? tahi x-m Ihe final step, parking the hird in cartons preparatory to shipping them all over the country. Hundreds of thousand are sold weekly. |