The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-01-14
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
iNrEREaTiNo CHAPTERS ron
Dun RURAL READERS.
Pow Successful Farmers operate This
Department Of the Farm-A Few
Hints as TO the Care u Live stock
aud Poultry.


Dressing aud shipping Poultry.
Price a Keith commission mer-
chants. send rs the following article
on dressing and shipping poultry for
the Chicago market.
In the first place. poultry should be
kept without food twonty-four hours;
FUN crops lnjuro the appearance aud
are liable to sour, and when this does
occur. corrospondingly lower prices
must be accepted than obtalnable for
choice stock Never Kill poultry by
wrlnging the neck.
To Dress Chickcns.-l<lll by bleeding
In the mouth OF opening the veins OF
the neck hang by the feet until prop
erly blcd Leave head and feet on,
and do not remove intestinos nor crop
scalded chickens sell best to home
trade. and dry picked best to shippers.
80 that either manner Of dressing will
DO II properly executed. hut "a there
are but very few outside orders re-
ceivcd for chickens until after the hrst
OF the year. We would advise shippers
to scald their chickens until after the
/ holidays. For ncalding chickens. the
water should be as near boiling point
a. possible without boiling; pick the
I legs dry before scalding. hold by the
head and legs and lmmorse and I'M
up aud down three times. n the head
| IA Immersed Il turns the color OF the
comb and gives the cycs n shrunken APP
/ pearance. which leads buyers to think
/ the fowl has been sick. the feathers
and pin feathers should then be re-
moved very cloanly. and without
breaking the skin; then plump by
dipping ten seconds In water nearly or
quite boiling hot. and then immediate
~ into cold water. hang In a cool
place until tho animal heat Ia entirely
out OF the body. To dry pick chick
ems properly. the work should be done
while the chickens are bleeding; do
not walt and let the bodies get cold.
Dry picking IL much more easily done
while the bodies are warm. he care
ful and do not break and tear the skin
To Dress Turkeys. Observe the same
Instructions rs given for picking
chickens. but always dry pick. Dressed
turkeys. when dry picked. always sell
best and command better prices than
acalded lots, aa the appearance In
brighter and more attractive. En-
deayor TO market all old and heavy
gobhlora before January 1. M after the
holidays the demand Ia for small fat
hen turkeys only. old toms being sold
az a discount 10 Gamers
Ducks and Geese. should be acaldod
In the same temperature OF water ~
for other kinds OF poultry. but II re-
I quirea more time for the water TO pom
citrate and loosen the feathers. Some
! pa les advise. after nealdlng. TO wrap
them In blanket for tho purpose Of
ateaming. but they mus, not be left In
this condition long enough TO cook
the nesh. DO not undertake to dry
pick geese and ducks Just before kill
J Ing. for the purpose Of saving the
feathers. a. II causes them to become
{ very much innamed. and IL a great In
J jury TO the sale. DO not pick the
feathers on the head: leave the feath-
era on for two or three inches on the
neck. DO not SINCE the bodies for
the purpose OF removing any down or
hair. an the heat from the flame will
4 tlN' Ah'm On olll hna NnhlIHAAl hp
I poarance. After they are picked clean
they should be held In aealdlng water
about ten seconds for the purpose OF
Pumping. and then rinsed on In clean
, cold water. Fat heavy stock IL al
, ways preferred.
Before packing and shipping. poul-
, try should be thoroughly dry and cold
. but not frozen. the animal heat should
be entirely out Of the body. pack In
boxes or barrels; boxca holding 100 10
200 pounds are preferable. and pack
anugly. atraighten out the body and
legs. 10 that they will not arrive very
mush bent and twisted out OF shape;
MI the packages full aa possible Ia
prevent moving about on the way.
barrels answer better for chickens and
ducks than for turkeys or geese: when
convenient. avoid putting more than
} one kind In a package; mark kind and
: weight OF each description on the
package and mark shipping directions
plainly on the ooyer.-FarmtIs Re
view.