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Show FOR BLEEDING FOWL8. Suggestions for the Proper Killing of Poultry. In connection with the proper meth. od of bleeding rowls, C. K. Graham or Btnrrs station offers the following suggestions: sug-gestions: Hold the head of the bird with tho left hand, back of the head up, keeping keep-ing tho hand on tho back or the neck to avoid cutting yourself Bhould tho knlfo Blip and pass through the top of tho head. Tako tho knife in the right hand, back of the blade toward your body. Insert tho blade In tho mouth, keeping tho point to the right sldo of the bird's neck and as near the outer ikln as possible until It Is well past the neck bono. Then press the edge toward the bone and slowly draw the knlfo from the mouth, tho hand mov-Ing mov-Ing from your body, so that UifiJUJjJc appears to pass across tho neck. Ilo-peat Ilo-peat the process on the left sldo of tho neck. This should cause the bird to bleed freely, but by holding tho beak up tho blood will remain In tho nock, giving you plenty ot tlmo to plerco tho brain. Tho latter Is located Just above tho eye and can be easily reached through the upper part of tho mouth by using a stiff steel blade, Inserted In-serted In the mouth with blade odge up and pointing slightly over the oye. With young birds little trouble is experienced In piercing the brain, but with older birds a very stiff blade is required, as tho bones are much harder. hard-er. When the point of the blado enters the brain give the knife a quick twist to right or lett to widen the aperture. It tho brain has been reached tho bird will attempt to squawk or will givo a nervous Jerk as the blado touches tho spot, and this touching tho brnln or norves not only loosens tho feathers of tho bird for dry plucking, but will greatly Improve the appearance of scalded stock. Immediately after the brain has been plercod a weight should be attached at-tached to tho lower mandible. Then back, the bird will not bo able to flutter, flut-ter, and can be easily and rapidly plucked. This, ot courso, should always al-ways bo done whllo tho bird Is bleeding. |