Show BEST KILLING METHODS while many folks ship chip their broilers and other market poultry off alive and others just use the old fashioned ax the more profitable way Is probably to do the killing hilling yourself yo ursell providing you do it by the approved methods A modern poultry killing room la Is quite simple and easily rigged up prom from the ceiling ot of the room the fowl Is suspended by the I 1 feet act at about the height of the shoulder or a rack can be used tor for tho the purpose A strong sharp jackknife can be used in the killing although a special knife of 0 a heavy piece of steel about 2 inches long 14 1 4 inch wide and 18 1 8 inch thick is especially made tor for this purpose the head ot of the fowl Is taken in the left hand and the knife in the right hand with the thumb and forefinger of the left hand band the mouth Is 18 forced open by pressure and the knife Is inserted into the mouth with the blade pointing toward the back of the head the knife Is then forced up to the juncture of the head and neck where the arteries come down on each side bide of the neck these thesa ore are severed and the fowl bleeds freely partially remove knife immediately med lately and then force the point into the roof of the mouth find and into the brain cavity to pierce the brain this la Is a very desirable method as it causes the bird to make a convulsive movement which tends to loosen the feathers and feather if the brain has not been ten proper properly y pierced the feathers are hard to pluck aud and the skin Is frequently torn badly by kalli killing g and dressing the birds in keeping with the demands of the fancy market you will realize a considerably larger income than by the old fashioned methods it will probably also pay you to pay some attention to fattening the bir birds ds before killing for this purpose in general you want to confino them so that they can get but little exercise and precede the fattening by a starvation period of about a n day this will whet their appetite so co that they will eat cat and fatten molo moio during the ensuing week or two weeks A ration heavy on corn la Is best tor for fattening wet mashes are better than dry milk is a good fatte ncr especially for or local markets but buyers who are going to ship the birds frequently do not care to have them milk fattened starve the birds again tor for from twelve to twenty tour four hours alter after the fattening period and before killing them this is very desirable as 88 it will clean out the teed feed from the crop and intestines and the dressed tied birds will keep longer and will be of better quality be sure to give them plenty of 0 water during these twelve or twenty four hours |