. Practical poultry production . Poultry. MARKETING THE PRODUCT 299 ice. Drawn poultry deteriorates more quickly than un- drawn poultry. When the fowl is drawn, the work should be done before the bird is cool. Make a slit with a knife from near the end of the keel bone down to the vent of suffi- cient size to admit the hand. Cut carefully around the vent and puU out the in- testines together with the other organs, un- less the market re- quirements specify otherwise. Packing. After the fowls have been thoroughly cooled by being placed in a re- frigerator or in cold water thej' are ready for pa
. Practical poultry production . Poultry. MARKETING THE PRODUCT 299 ice. Drawn poultry deteriorates more quickly than un- drawn poultry. When the fowl is drawn, the work should be done before the bird is cool. Make a slit with a knife from near the end of the keel bone down to the vent of suffi- cient size to admit the hand. Cut carefully around the vent and puU out the in- testines together with the other organs, un- less the market re- quirements specify otherwise. Packing. After the fowls have been thoroughly cooled by being placed in a re- frigerator or in cold water thej' are ready for packing. When the birds are cooled by the latter method, allow them to dry before packing. The inside of the box or barrel should be well lined with clean parchment or wrapping paper. Pack the birds solidly, so that they will not shift about in shipment and become bruised. When poultry is to be packed in ice, which method should be the only one employed in hot or warm weather, they are usually placed in barrels with layers of ice between each layer of birds, the ice forming the top and bottom layers. SHIPPING LIVE POULTRY fowls of all kinds can be shipped alive and will some-. Figure 2S8. — A metal rack holding 180 fowls as used in large fattening and killing plants.^ The fowls are hung on this rack and placed in the refrigerator to 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 Lamon, Harry M; Kinghorne, J. W. (Joseph William). St. Paul, Minn. : Press of Webb Publishing Co.
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