COMPARATIVE RATE OF DECOMPOSITION IX MARKET POULTRY. 15 



zero for six days, a total of twenty days before it reached the retailer. 

 The composition of the birds when they left the wholesaler is shown 

 at B on the chart. They were then hard frozen. After five days 

 in the retailer's hands, three of which were required for thawing, 

 they were again examined, as is seen at C. All were edible. Another 

 examination two days later, after the last of the retailer's regular 

 stock had been sold, showed the full-drawn and wire-drawn in "bad 

 order." This shipment was in all twenty-seven days on the market. 



MYS I i 3 5 7 9 ' II 13 ' 15 17 19 |.2I ' 23 25 V MYS 



EX.1010 



B 



C D 



FIG. 5. Changes In a single shipment (No. 1010), showing data for acidity and ammoniacal nitrogen. 



The following report of market inspection of experiment No. 1010 

 is of interest in connection with the analytical data: 



(1) In the packing house. No difference could be distinguished between the various 

 forms of dressing. The condition of all of the birds was very good. 



(2) When received at the commission man's. The birds were frozen. The color was 

 excellent; extremely bright. No difference could be detected between the various 

 forms of dressing. 



(3) First retailer's sample. The birds had thawed out but were in excellent condi- 

 tion. The fat in the wire and full drawn birds had deepened in color. The meat in 

 these birds was turning slightly darker but there was not even a suspicion of greening, 

 nor was there any unpleasant odor. The Boston drawn and the undrawn birds were 

 excellent and looked nearly the same. 



(4) Second retailer's sample. The wire drawn and the full-drawn birds had developed 

 a decidedly sour smell. There was no indication of mold or slime, but the fat was 

 softer and much duller in color. The flesh, too, had softened somewhat. This might 

 not have been noticed if the undrawn and Boston drawn had not shown up so far 

 ahead of the other two. 



