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Show Proper Way to Kill Chlcksn. The learned department of agriculture agricul-ture at Washington la now Usulng Instructions In-structions as to the proper way to kill a chicken. You are first to grasp the chicken by tbe bony part of the skull, being careful not to touch the neck. Then you are to take a small sharp knife and. having made a small cut oa the right side of the roof of tbe chicken's mouth Juat where tbe bone of tbe skull meet you are to stick the point of the knife right up through the chicken's brain until It touches the skull midway between the eyes. This sounds very nice and humane, also somewhat leisurely; but It may be found neceassry first to chloroform the cblrken before It will submit quietly to tbe operation. Chickens are ob-itlnste ob-itlnste and unreasonable creatures anyway any-way and they may not realise that tbe knife Is a great Improvement over the as |