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Show Grades for Chickens on Chicago Poultry Board Poultrynien who sell live birds on the Chicago market will be Interested Inter-ested In the grades as provided on that market by the Chicago poultry board. Live poultry Is graded as prime or No. 1; medium or No. 2; and canners or No. 3, each grade being defined as folows: No. 1 poultry, or prime, shall consist con-sist of vigorous, fleshy, healthy birds, free from tumors, downers. T.B., gaps, swollen heads or eyes bruised legs or wings, hunchbacks, heavy indented or crooked breast bone. No. 2 poultry or medium shall be vigorous, healthy and free from tumors, tu-mors, downers, T.B., gaps, swollen heads and eyes and culls, but may consist of indented and crooked breast bone, hunchbacks, bruised wings and legs, also scrubby hens and all hens under 2 pounds. No. 3 poultry shall be such as will not qualify as No. 1 Or No. 2, excepting diseased birds not fit for human food. |