. Our domestic birds; . rablepractice. The novice who triesit usually tears the skin of thebirds badly. In order to reach the marketin good condition, poultry mustnot only be properly killed andpicked, but each carcass mustbe cooled as quickly as possible,to remove the animal heat thatremains in it. This is doneeither by hanging the carcassesin a very cool place or by put-ting them in cold water. Meatof all kinds that is cooled im-mediately after killing will keepmuch longer than if cooling isneglected. There are so many detailswhich must have attention indressing poultry for shipment,that it
. Our domestic birds; . rablepractice. The novice who triesit usually tears the skin of thebirds badly. In order to reach the marketin good condition, poultry mustnot only be properly killed andpicked, but each carcass mustbe cooled as quickly as possible,to remove the animal heat thatremains in it. This is doneeither by hanging the carcassesin a very cool place or by put-ting them in cold water. Meatof all kinds that is cooled im-mediately after killing will keepmuch longer than if cooling isneglected. There are so many detailswhich must have attention indressing poultry for shipment,that it usually pays both pro-ducers and small collectors tosell poultry alive to those whohave better facilities for hand-ling it and whose operations are on such a scale that theycan employ experts for all parts of the work of preparation. Cold storage of poultry products. So abundant are the sup-plies of eggs in the spring, and of some kinds of dressed poultryin the summer, fall, and early winter, that large quantities could. Fig. 231. A badly dressed and a well-dressed fowl. (Photograph fromBureau of Chemistry, United StatesDepartment of Agriculture) 286 OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS not be sold at any price at seasons of plenty if there were noway of keeping them until a season of scarcity. For about halfa century after the production of eggs and poultry began toreceive special attention in this country, the profits of the ordi-nary producer were severely cut every spring and fall, becausethe market was overstocked. Consumers derived little benefitfrom this situation, because they could not use the surplus be-fore it spoiled. The popular idea of the way to remedy theconditions was to have hens lay when eggs were scarce, and tohave poultry ready for sale when supplies were , however, has shown that it is practically impossibleto have a very large proportion of things of this kind producedout of their natural season. The relatively small numbers ofpeople who succeed in d
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