The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-01-23

favored by, what the cow eats, drinks,
and inhales, and as milk absorbs the
odors of the atmosphere with which it
comes in contact.-Erchange.
MARKETING POULTRY.-Witha all the
improvements that have been made dur
ing the past twenty years in the ship
ment of live stock and dressed meats
there has been very little progress in the
methods of marketing poultry. The
exceedingly low price which farmers
often receive for fowls, the large ex-
pense attending marketing, and the bad
condition of large proportion of the
poultry seen in most cities are all evil
dcnces that change is necessary for
the good of all parties. During con-
siderable portion of every winter dressed
chickens sell for less in this market than
dressed hogs or beef. The cost of
marketing them, including packages,
freight or expressage, and commissions,
is three or four times that required for
pork or beef. Dressed fowls are perish
able articles which must be sold soon
after they reach their. destination or
they are worthless. Indeed, many of
them are of little value when they are
received if they were forwarded in Or
binary freight cars when the weather
was quite warm. If the temperature
is sufficiently cold to freeze them their
market value is diminished. The ap-
pearance of dressed poultry is injured
by keeping it under the most favorable
circumstances, and its value as an arti-
Gle of food is very likely to be
impaired. Experience shows that
it is ordinarily best to ship beeves
and hogs alive. Still dressed
hogs and beef do not rank among per-
ishable articles because they may be cured
and packed if there is little demand for
them in fresh condition. There are
greater advantages in shipping live
fowls than live hogs and beeves. The
former require as much care in dressing
in order to meet the demands at the
market as the latter. Much of the poul-
try that comes to market is dressed SO
poorly that it is sold for less than its
real value. As much skill is required to
dress poultry properly as to dress hogs
and beeves. Fowls are chiefly brought
to a class of customers who are fastidi-
GUS. If they are not dressed in man
ner to render them attractive they will
not purchase them. For fowls to pre-
sent their best appearance they should
not be dressed more than one day be-
fore they are exposed for sale. The ap
pearance of beef, pork, and mutton il
not injured by their hanging severa
days in suitable room. But fowls, es
pecially turkeys and chickens, com
mence to look uninviting shortly ate
thew are dressed. Many marketmel
are so well aware of this that they d.
not ordinarily dress fowls till they ar
ordered by customers. 1t would b
greatly to the advantage of producers
shippers, dealers, and consumers if thi
practice of sending fowls to mar
ket alive became general. To accom-
plish the desired end, however, it WI
be necessary to have cars constructe
expressly for the purpose of carryin
fowls, as they now are for carrying Va
rious kinds of live stock. The poultry
cars should be provided with five or 81
floors, SO that the birds could stand W
= right without discomfort. Ample pr
visions should be made for ventilation
and means should be provided for SUI
plying food and water. With cars bun
expressly for the purpose, the expen.
of shipping 3 given weight OF tow
a would be but little greater than for
equal weight of hogs, sheep or beeve
On arriving at the point OF destination
the birds should be let out in spacio7
wards, q part of which should be CO
cred. In these yards they should be
lowed to recuperate before they q