The western poultry guide . s, beats me. The Creator so ordered things thatinfection takes place first in the death wound or injury. Hence if theforward and afterward parts of a fowl are opened to take the insideout the whole of the raw surface of the interior is exposed to theaction of bacteria from the air. That clear, lymph covering of theinterior flesh sours as quickly as milk when exposed to the air. Theentrails were made to withstand infection and are the last parts tobecome tainted. Of course, if they are full (as the average personassumes, because they know no better) the contents beco
The western poultry guide . s, beats me. The Creator so ordered things thatinfection takes place first in the death wound or injury. Hence if theforward and afterward parts of a fowl are opened to take the insideout the whole of the raw surface of the interior is exposed to theaction of bacteria from the air. That clear, lymph covering of theinterior flesh sours as quickly as milk when exposed to the air. Theentrails were made to withstand infection and are the last parts tobecome tainted. Of course, if they are full (as the average personassumes, because they know no better) the contents become sour, butthe entrails do not. Therefore is the reason why undrawn fowls keepbetter and are better than drawn fowls. I have tried several schemes and ways to handle poultry but theabove outlines are my conclusions as actually practiced, and aresult of actual experience to attain the three results—profit, speed,efficiency. The Western Poultry Guide CHAPTER IX SUCCESSFUL POULTRY RAISING — COMMONSENSE AND FRESH AIR 3»£. B. S. Kennedy By B. S. Kennedy, McMinnville, Oregon, Proprietor of Fresh Air Hatchery F YOU are not a land owner and are intending to buy a suitable place, select a sandy, gravely, rolling place near good markets and ship-ping facilities. If you alreadyhave a place, make the best of it be flat, cold, damp land,make all your buildings with floors,four or five feet from the ground,using the imder room for the chick-ens rest room during the summermonths, and closing it in winter ifit becomes damp. Be moderate in every turn youmake, do not overdo your means,chicken knowledge or grounds. Sub-scribe for one or two good poultry papers published in the locality inv/hich you live. If you have a position or way by which you areearning reasonable wages, do not give it up; you can make a smallstart by caring for your birds morning, noon and night. Hold on toyour job until you are forced by the increase of your chickens to giveup one or the other, by this time
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