Show 4 MARKET FOR YOUNG GUINEAS best season la Is during latter part of summer and fall sell best bert with feathers feathera on prepared ty by the hit united states stain department of agriculture the marketing season for guinea fon fowl I 1 is during the latter part of 0 sum mer and throughout the fall at athla time the demand tit in the city markets Is for young birds weighing from one to two pounds eacil each at about two and one halt balf months old guineas weigh from one to one and one half pounds and at tills this size they begin rei reaching ching the markets in august As the se season a advances the demand Is for heavier birds th the usual practice in mark marketing etIn 9 game birds Is to place thi them m on the market and in most markets guineas are sold tills this way they appear more attract attractive ie with feathers on and sell more readily dressed the small size and dark color of the skin are likely to prejudice the prospective customer who may be unfamiliar with the birds excellent eating ealing qualities for hotel restaurant trade howin V at I 1 N apt A Z W N most markets are arc sold with feathers on over ever guineas should be dressed in the tae savie way as common fowl detter better ask the dealer before shipping whether lie he wants the feathers on or off the department 0 of agriculture has learned that if the feat feathers bers are to be left on the birds all that Is necessary in preparing for market Is to bleed them by severing the principal blood vessels of the neck allowing them to hang head downward until bleeden bleeding Is complete it if the feathers ore are to be removed it should be done by dry picking when the brain Is pierced after severing the blood vessels in the neck the feathers are loosened by a convulsive movement of the inu muscles seles and can be removed wo u d easily |