. The business hen (a new brood). Poultry. 84 The Business Fig. 39. LOADING UP. or iced. At Fig. 41 is a fav- orite crate for shipping live small chickens. Those shown weigh from 3H to 4 pounds per pair. Though many lighter are sold, the best prices are paid for those about the weight men- tioned. The crates are made of hard wood and are very durable. Some are 2J.'2x33^ feet, and eight inches deep. Fig. 42 is a box of dressed broilers as put up by the meat-packing houses for shipment in refrigerator cars. The boxes contain two or three dozen according to size. Other poultry is also put i
. The business hen (a new brood). Poultry. 84 The Business Fig. 39. LOADING UP. or iced. At Fig. 41 is a fav- orite crate for shipping live small chickens. Those shown weigh from 3H to 4 pounds per pair. Though many lighter are sold, the best prices are paid for those about the weight men- tioned. The crates are made of hard wood and are very durable. Some are 2J.'2x33^ feet, and eight inches deep. Fig. 42 is a box of dressed broilers as put up by the meat-packing houses for shipment in refrigerator cars. The boxes contain two or three dozen according to size. Other poultry is also put in similar boxes. Tho farmer who ships in small quantities and does not have the advantage of refrigerator cars must ice his dressed chickens unless very near market or in cool weather. At bottom of page 85 is a barrel of iced poultry minus the burlap covering. In warm weather the icing must be thor- oughly done and the ice in close contact with the birds. This makes them wet and messy, but they can be wiped off and dried so as to look very well. There are various expedients for doing away with this bad appear- ance, such as wrapping each bird in heavy paper, but this is only partly effective, and about the best way is to pack alternate layers of cracked ice and poultry, and a good sized chunk of ice on top. As a rule the farmer is most interested m the Fall and Winter poultry market. He has something to sell for Thanksgiving, and clears out the rest of his surplus for Christmas and New Years. For Thanksgiving trade the weather is generally cool enough so that dry packing is safe. Boxes get rougher usage than barrels, being harder to handle, but a barrel is not so con- venient to pack in. Unless send- ing a very small quantity it is best to sort the poultry, putting hen and tom turkeys in separate packages, and the culls by them- selves: or better, keep the culls to get in condition for a later market. If boxes are used, they should not be too large. Less. Please note that these
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