. Commercial poultry raising; a thoroughly practical and complete reference work for the amateur, fancier or general farmer, especially adapted to the commercial poultryman. Poultry. 356 COMMERCIAL POULTRY RAISING throat is severed. This operation is termed bleeding, and must be successfully done before the fowl is stuck. See Fig. 231. As soon as the blood spurts freely insert the knife-blade in the slit of the roof of the mouth and plunge it backward into the brain directly back of the eye. When the brain is reached, there will be a violent muscular contraction, whereupon give the knife a sha
. Commercial poultry raising; a thoroughly practical and complete reference work for the amateur, fancier or general farmer, especially adapted to the commercial poultryman. Poultry. 356 COMMERCIAL POULTRY RAISING throat is severed. This operation is termed bleeding, and must be successfully done before the fowl is stuck. See Fig. 231. As soon as the blood spurts freely insert the knife-blade in the slit of the roof of the mouth and plunge it backward into the brain directly back of the eye. When the brain is reached, there will be a violent muscular contraction, whereupon give the knife a sharp twist and withdraw (U. S. Dep't Agriculture) Fig. 232.—Heads of fowls with lower jaw removed, showing poor attempts at severing veins in throat. If the operation has been successful, paralysis will be induced, and the feathers will loosen. Begin picking immediately; rough pick the breast and body feathers first, then wing and tail feathers and finally the wing and tail quills. Always remove the greater bulk of all the feathers before attempting to clean off the small feathers. Avoid pulling too many feathers at one stroke to pre- vent tearing the skin, and remember that tearing is most likely. 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 Roberts, Howard Armstrong, 1885-. Philadelphia, D. McKay
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