. The business hen (a new brood). Poultry. The Business Hen. The Massachus- etts law forbids the sale of un- drawn poultry except where there is no food in the crop or entrails, an ex- cellent law from a sanitary stand- point. Pittsburg demands drawn poultry with heads and feet off. The bestt method of kill- ing is sticking in the mouth with a sharp knife, while the bird hangs up by the feet. Here is the way it is done by one practical man. The picture shows the bird in the proper position. The wings may be locked together at the back by Pig. 44. METHOD OF KILEING POULTRY. bringing one over th
. The business hen (a new brood). Poultry. The Business Hen. The Massachus- etts law forbids the sale of un- drawn poultry except where there is no food in the crop or entrails, an ex- cellent law from a sanitary stand- point. Pittsburg demands drawn poultry with heads and feet off. The bestt method of kill- ing is sticking in the mouth with a sharp knife, while the bird hangs up by the feet. Here is the way it is done by one practical man. The picture shows the bird in the proper position. The wings may be locked together at the back by Pig. 44. METHOD OF KILEING POULTRY. bringing one over the other and hooking the tip of the top wing under the other. The head is held in the left hand, the knife in the right. The knife should have a good sized handle with the blade keen and sharp pointed. Put the blade down the throat just behind the head and draw it across with the point touching the bone. This cuts the jugular vein. Let the bird bleed a few seconds. Then put the point of knife and cutting edge against the roof of the mouth and force it into the brain cavity. Give a slight turn, severing the spinal cord. This releases control of the feathers, and some may be almost brushed off if done at once. This method is varied a little. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Collingwood, Herbert Winslow, 1857-. New York, The Rural New-Yorker
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