14 COMPARATIVE RATE OF DECOMPOSITION IK MARKET POULTRY. 



the wholesaler's chill room; and 4 to 5 the retailer's ice box and shop 

 window. The time covered by the marketing period in days is 

 shown at the base of the chart. The packer's chill room held the 

 birds for one day with an average temperature of 33 F. Then the 

 carrier held the lot for six days at between 31 and 37 F. On the 

 seventh day after killing they reached the wholesaler. The com- 

 position on the ninth day after killing is indicated at B. On this day 

 they went to the retailer. In six days his stock was almost com- 

 pletely exhausted and the composition of the experimental lots is 



FIG. 4. Changes in a single shipment (No. 1027), showing data for acidity and ammoniacal nitrogen. 



shown at C. The full-drawn birds were low grade. In the two days 

 which followed the Boston-drawn and full-drawn samples deteriorated 

 so that they could not be used for food. The others were still edible, 

 but distinctly low grade. This shipment required 16.5 days for 

 marketing. 



SHIPMENT NO. 1010. 



Xo. 1010 shows a shipment in which the birds had been in the 

 chill room of the packing house for two days and in the freezer for 

 four days. The haul was eight days at a temperature of 23 to 27 F. 

 The shipment remained in the wholesaler's freezer at 5 to 6 below 



