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Show MANNER OF STICKING F0WL5 Common Pocket Knife, With Medium Sized Blade, Makes Excellent In etrument for Operation. Whe-n the market calls for a blre to be bled, the beat plan Is to sties It In the mouth; and by so dolnf avoid the unslghtllness so commor where they are hacked about th throat, Using this method, on should first of all have a stout core JV W vT-T; ccrrccr cur if) lV J ?ecovjt jn xoor w Where to Stick a Bird. fastened to the ceiling, with a two pound weight attached to the lowe! end. This should be Just high enougl to bang the bird to be picked at t convenient height. The weight ll used to save tjir.G a knot each time; aa all that la nece i-ary Is to wind the string around the LiiJ's legs, a.C the wekht will hold It secure'y. V.e a box or barrel to cntch te feathers; and a rmall palnt-curi, with a hooV fastened to the handle, is hookee Into the bird's mouth to cntch tht blood and prevent Its soiling' th( feathers. It require very little practice prac-tice to kill the birds In this manner After tin bird is hanged by the les cross the wings at the back nnc grasp the head In the left hand, th back of the head in the palm; and with the end of the second finger hold th mouth open; then, with the knife in the right band, make a ding onalYut across th roof of the mouth Just where the arteries enter the head. Then, with the point of tin blade, pierce the brain In about tin middle of the roof of the mouth which will loosen the feathers. Th moment the operation Is finished, th bird should be plucked, as the cool lng of the body makes the featheri banter to pick. A common pocket knife, with a medium-sized blade makes a good instrument for stick lng. |