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The national standard squab book . INCORRECT POSITION OF CORRECT POSITION OF squab is killed for market when it is plump and well feathered, usually whenfour weeks old, although many are ready for market when a day or two over threeweeks old. Hold the hands close together on the neck, as shown in the bottompicture and break the spine of the bird by pulling firmly and then pushing not put so much strength into the operation that you pull the head from the method of killing is faster and neater than using a knife. KILLING AND COOLING 81 operator should moisten h
The national standard squab book . INCORRECT POSITION OF CORRECT POSITION OF squab is killed for market when it is plump and well feathered, usually whenfour weeks old, although many are ready for market when a day or two over threeweeks old. Hold the hands close together on the neck, as shown in the bottompicture and break the spine of the bird by pulling firmly and then pushing not put so much strength into the operation that you pull the head from the method of killing is faster and neater than using a knife. KILLING AND COOLING 81 operator should moisten his thumb and forefinger in a basinof water, to give him a grip on the feathers. They come offeasily and an experienced picker will work very rapidly. Asharp pen-knife, or knife such as shoemakers use, is necessaryto remove some of the pin feathers. They should be shavedoff. Ignorance of how to cool the killed squabs properly hasdiscouraged many a squab raiser. If you throw the squabsin a pile on the floor after you have tweaked their necks, youwill have a ferm
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