. Turkeys, all varieties. Their care and management. Mating, rearing, exhibiting and judging turkeys; explanation of score-card judging, with complete instructions . before I learned the art of sticking, and often inthe holiday rushes when the picking gang is gettingtired and their fingers are sore they have begged me todo the sticking, saying that when I stick they can blowthe feathers off. As soon as the turkey is stuck J begin pulling- thefeathers off, and the quicker the better. Aim to get theturkey picked before it is dead. The pickers are not al-lowed to remove a turkey from the string u
. Turkeys, all varieties. Their care and management. Mating, rearing, exhibiting and judging turkeys; explanation of score-card judging, with complete instructions . before I learned the art of sticking, and often inthe holiday rushes when the picking gang is gettingtired and their fingers are sore they have begged me todo the sticking, saying that when I stick they can blowthe feathers off. As soon as the turkey is stuck J begin pulling- thefeathers off, and the quicker the better. Aim to get theturkey picked before it is dead. The pickers are not al-lowed to remove a turkey from the string until it isclean, and they are never allowed to scrape the pin feath-ers out with a knife. As soon as the turkey is picked 1plunge it into a barrel of cold water for about an take it out of the water, catch the turkey by thefeet and hold it so that its head reaches nearly to theground. Give it a quick jerk so that the blood that hasaccumulated in its throat will be jei-ked out. Place astring around its feet and hang it up to dry and cool. Itis then ready to pack for shipment as soon as it is thor-oughly dr) and all the animal heat has left its Method of Slioktn^ Turkeys Ten years ago most turkeys were shipped in boxesof all sizes, shapes and conditions. No attention was paidto uniformity, and second-hand shoe, hat, coffee andcanned goods and such other boxes as were availablewere used, together with barrels of varying sizes andconditions, from the little western apple barrel up- to thecoffee and sugar barrels. The result of this method ofpacking was not altogether inviting to the eye of thebuyer. Gradually more attention was given to the matterand a steady improvement has been made until at thepresent time boxes are made especially for the purpose. Barrels to some extentare also used at the presenttime, but not nearly so com-monly as in years past. Thesize of the packages has alsochanged. The rule used tobe to get as large a box asjiossible, cramming in as manyt
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