Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-29
PRESERVED CHICKENS.
ENORMOUS POULTRY INDUS
TRY OF KANSAS CITY.
How she Fowls Are Slaughtered and Ere
pared for Market Kept for Year
bS cntd storage Pick
Ing and Cleaning.

A. CITY hotel to-day when elmer
Is served there will be mallard ducF
on TIE card nnd perhaps some curl.
GUS guest Will wonder where mallar1
duel comes from this time 81 year
Thee particular ducks will come out
81 . freezer Not single one o.
them has Popped Il wing for a year
FOR twelve long months they have
been laid away ia an lee colo room Is
a packing house with hundreds of
other mallurd ducks and ployer ana
snipe and great pieces Of bear and
elk and other kinds OF game. II is
shipped every where from ST Paul TO
Galveston from New York and Bos.
ton Ia the Pacific coast. All these
places 2Gt much OF their game supply
from this city
The game and poultry industry 81
Kansas City Is business OF biz bro.
port ons says The Kansas City fines
The West and South west depend up.
on II almost exclusively. and even IN
The East Chicago finds difficulty in
competing with the kansas City mar.
ket One house one dsy last winter
killed 5. 600 chickens J. COO turkeys
60O ducks and GU0 geese. grand
total Of i. 400 fowls Ia one day. While
tins is a record day il gives an idea
Of the huge proportions Of the bust.
ness.
When a chicken gets min the com .
mission house after 4 rather dis
agreeable ride from the counir, 10 "A
box ear and u JOLT over the streets in
an express wagon the change pr0ba.
/ bly, strikes him as very pleasant
one. lilo Is turned out In great big
coop comprising almost all the sec
ond story Of the building There Is n
thick layer Ot sawdusl on the floor.
There ara 2 900 or \. 600 other chick.
ems Of various colors shapes aud
Sizes The floors Bra clean and there
are plenty 81 places 10 rnnst There
are big open troughs 81 running
water 10 qurnch the thirst and FOR
eating there is cracked curu For the
lrat part 81 The stay ITO chickens lot
IL not ~ an unpleasant but then
comes tho trouble For tho short span
~ ligc hc Is allowed IN the commission
house be q urged to feed heartily and
lrink 10 his Bll Bul for twelve hours
before kiliing he gets noibing 10 cat
/ For this treatment hc is piumpcr.
wh.ier and altogether better
Whom killing time comes tho chick.
"a Il disposed 81 10 very short order
Ia ono 81 he BIG coops In the second
floor thcro Is 6lg pipe. This leads
20 . small coop down In The basement
where tho killing Is done After illl.
Ing tho big coop full mBn begins u
tpitch chickens into the chute They
go down 1uiteriac scratching aud
ls4awking and come out with lool;
ol lcWildcrmcnt that Is very luii.
ferrous In the basement ono man
stands by the coop and hands ,he
lrhickcns 10 the killer lie doesn't dC
like tho housewife wiring tho head
on and then stand about and watch
iho chicken iop around. This take.
too much limo lie grabs the chickcr
by The head, forces open the mouth
land IL cgs q broad biadcd kniIo ul
Through the root Of tho mouth Al
the veins In chicken center righi
There. and with ono shove Of III,
knife they arc cut There Is on,
Other advantage IN cutting them
lthurc. They arc not disliGurcd IL
ans way aud ~ rorpsc. look perfect
liy natural something alway. 10 b.
desired.
After this comes tho picking. II
the nusy season twenty men are KEEP
busy cleaning the poultry. They. ar'
Ipirked In two way. There is we
and dry picking Tho latter is mucl
moro troublesome and comes con
sIdcrably higher For wet pickin.
there Is q big tank Of boiling ho
water The clcalcr takes the chickol
hy tho feet and souscs II in head down
Thcn he stops 10 u broad table Owe
against the wall aud seems Just Il
brush tho feathers OIL IL Is done st
nu cltly. There Is no pulling or jerk
ling. The lcanors hands seem 60 b
moving very gently and tcnderly, bu
no is taking 81 all the feathers Jus
tho same. After the feathers are nj
oil the chicken Is chnckca into no
water again This is done 10 plum
him up and Il is about the only th ~
that will improve the looks OF pick
cd chicken. After this ducking th
fowl Is thrown into u big tub OF col
water and kept there until he is re
moved 10 the ice chest OF sold to CT
customers
The killing and cleaning take
very short time aud after n chickc
tnkes tho toboggan slide down III
chute he hasnt time 10 recover hi
presence Of mind before his loni
legs bare Of feathers ARE sticking u
out OF the cold.water tub,
Dry picking is altogether different
Tho plan is 10 steam tho fowl Ate
being stuck with the knife the chicke
Is hung up by the bill In big hos
IA The bottom OF this is u perforate
plpa. The top Is put IN the box an
The steam Is turned on. Tho chtcke
is Left IN tho box twoniy seconds, an
then tho feathers pull out 80 casil
: that picking is u pleasure, The sri