Show 11 hilliss ron As soon as you have summer culled your growing ind and laying flocks your next thought will tie be for marketing the culls unless feed costs are up and market and broiler prices are down you will probably want to fatten the culls before killing them for this purpose in general you want to confine them so that they can get but little exercise and precede the fattening by a starvation period ot of about a day this will whet their appetite P so s 0 that t h at they hey will cat and fatten betit the es more during d u ri n g the ensuing week or two weeks A ration heavy beavy on corn Is best for I 1 fattening wet mashes are better than dry milk Is ie a good tat tener especially tor for local markets but buyers who are going to ship the birds frequently do not no t care to have them milk fattened starve the birds again for from twelve to twenty lour four hours after the fattening period and before killing them this Is very desirable as it will clean out tho the feed from the crop and intestines andI and I 1 the dressed birds will keep longer end and wlllie of better quality be sure to give them plenty ot of water during these twelve or twenty tour four hours however especially if the birds are to be sold on the fancy market at the higher prices it Is best to kill hill them tor for dry picking and by the following method from the ceiling of the room in chich tho the killing Is to be done the fowl Is suspended by the feet at about the height of the shoulder A strong sharp jac jackknife knife can be used in the killing al though it a special knife ot of a heavy piece I 1 of steel about 2 inches long 14 1 4 inch IV wide ide and 18 1 8 inch thick is 13 especially made tor for tills this purpose the head of the fowl Is taken in the left hand and the knife in the right hand with the thumb find forefinger ol of the left band the mouth Is forced open by pressure and the knife I 1 Is a inserted into the mouth with the blade pointing toward the back of the head the knife Is then forced up to the juncture ot of the head and neck where the arteries come down on each side ot of the neck these are severed saw and the fowl bleeds freely partially remove knife immediately and then lorce force the point into the root roof ot of the mouth and into the brain cavity to pierce the brain this Is a very desirable method as it causes the bird to make a convulsive movement which tends to loosen the feathers and the feather muscles it if the brain has not been properly pierced the feathers fire are hard to pluck and the skin eken Is frequently torn badly |