. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. December 16 i»i 5] &he Qvzebsx mtfc &pwct&vtx<w IS PREPARING FOR MARKET. After the turkeys are grown and ready for market, quite as much care and attention should be given to the killing and shipping as to the proper growing. Where these things can not be done to good advantage, it is better to sell them alive. Buyers who are prepared to' kill dress, pack, and ship turkeys, and to save the feathers, should be in position to pay what they are worth alive; and should be able to handle them at a profit, better than can the grower, who may not be pr
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. December 16 i»i 5] &he Qvzebsx mtfc &pwct&vtx<w IS PREPARING FOR MARKET. After the turkeys are grown and ready for market, quite as much care and attention should be given to the killing and shipping as to the proper growing. Where these things can not be done to good advantage, it is better to sell them alive. Buyers who are prepared to' kill dress, pack, and ship turkeys, and to save the feathers, should be in position to pay what they are worth alive; and should be able to handle them at a profit, better than can the grower, who may not be pre- pared to do the work to advantage. So much depends upon marketing them in the best condition that small grow- ers should either dress and sell to their home market or, provided it can hs dene at a fair price, sell alive to someone who makes a business of handling such stock. Kill nothing but well fattened stock. It seldom pays to send ill-favored stock into market. Do not give any food to the turkeys for twenty-four hours prior to killing. This allows the crop and entrails to become empty and avoids much danger of spoiling. Full crops and entrails count against value; they often'taint the meat and prevent its being kept for any lengin of time. There are two methods of killing largely used. The most popular is to suspend the fowl by the shanks, head down, and cut or stick it in the root of the mouth with a knife made es- sjoaos situ, ⢠siu,} .101 -C[iopod the arteries and cuts into the brain, causing insensibility and a free flow of blood from the mouth.' This is called sticking in the roof of the mouth. The other plan is to break the neck by a quick twist or jerk backward. When the neck is completely disjoined the head is pulled away so as to form an open space in the neck in which the blood may settle. This plan has been but little used, though the claim is made that when so killed the fowls will keep longer because there is no opening by which the air can get
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