Show POULTRY PACKED FOR CITY TRADE producers must carefully study and cater cafer to peculiar re quire ments of market REAT NEAT PACKAGE IS ESSENTIAL specialist of department of agriculture give directions direction for killing dressing and packing dry picking favored prepared by the united states department of agriculture ioviti Iou iti profits often depend lari tely on fin ahe in marketing ui am the producer tinly tin ld study der ads to learn how wr wit re e on oil when to dispose of ills his r is lo 10 I 1 flip best advantage it often anys to dress the fowl at hollit tui fur certain markets the difference be P ell the for live and dressell dres seil ii 1 I making it worth while attractive Is of much lit in selling poultry there uie ore the producer 0 who o plans to market if its poultry dressed should study tile the of killing dressing and packing n order to prepare tin the products in fit lir he lit hest possible manner require nil ills for and packing vary onion hat lit in different markets and it hilll ill pay the producer to lo loani learn any an special demands of tile to t which lie intends shipping killing dressing and packing the birds should be kept without NI hout oril from 18 to 21 24 hours before killing wile unless they me fire to be drawn special Is of if lie file united states department if f agriculture say in ili the latter case they should have no feed for at lener 10 hours before killing when ready to kill stipend the tol fowl by tile lie legs leg and using it a knife cut the vein eln tit nt the tiac baak 0 of f the throat through the mouth month As s sonn noon as this eveln eln Is cut run ran ill ahr point of t the lie knife through the roof or of hie file mouth into the brain which causes the bird to lose all sense of reeling feeling the foai fowl can be paralyzed also by a blow on tile the head instead of tiler cing the brain in most markets dry picked birds die preferred immediately after killing alle the bird Is still bleeding the picker removes the feathers being careful not to tear the skin akin if the picker ocker waits until the bird Is nearly j the rho old block method of killing poultry for market Is 1 rapidly being abandoned for the more scientific process described in the accompanying article old removing the fen feathers will be i more ore difficult As soon as picked the ilie owls fowls should be hung ina in a cool place until antil thoroughly cold it the weather Is warm and the fo fowls w 8 a aie re to tie be packed in ice they all should he be placed I 1 in n a tank of ice fee water anti and left until all tilt the animal heat has left the body when birds are scalded beffi removing the lie feathers they art are immersed In in water ater slightly below the boiling point as soon hoon its as they tin un arv through Il bleeding leeding the birds should be cimineri ed three or four ahnes then picked clean inn cure bring being taken not to break bleak tin ill skin csc ell refill not to overpaid as tills will cati abis v the outer surface of f tin the skin to rub oft off then it Is fis plaud placed lit in cold oll water itar it rr where it should lenwill for 15 10 to 0 minutes if the fowl fl Is to insl 11 ila dry it should lie he hung up ill tint until the skin kin becomes thoi hughly di it y poultry which lh Is to lie in sold direct to tile the consumer should ix be 11 awil tw tic fore it Is coo cooled leil poultry maidi ls Is sold to the lie knill Knar ket kit should not 1 indrawn w as it will atit better noti it drawn than it if drawn A slit large enough elou gh to admit the iho finers Is 1 intile nim 1 I from near the end of fit lie hea wile toward the vent lent then cut carefully around the vent tj nil and poll nut lit tin litte intestines te stines leaving in all tile ilire nr r grilis un unless les tile the i squirt mient tir ian S should hould Bs be packed solidly when the birds have bern been thoroughly cooled they are aie rendy IPHI for packing packages for d try vary nry hut but they should he neat and small enough to be enily line the inside of the boxes tit liui but aels with clenn paper lift and pack the birds solidly so ao thoy will vill not n 0 t shift lit in the package but be ful ul not to bruise them thein for delivery to retail customers pasteboard boxes of sufficient clent size to 1 old one or two birds are very ery attractive when poultry Is to be packed in ice barrels me are geme generally rally used packing with alternate inders of ipe ice |