A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



four hours before killing birds are removed 

 to individual coops a foot and a half square, 

 with wire netting sides, floor of slats half 

 an inch apart, and legs two feet high. The 

 open flooring and elevated position allow the 

 droppings to fall through and out of the 

 bird's reach. For twelve hours they have 

 milk before them 

 all the time, but 

 no food. Last 

 twelve hours 

 nothing but water 

 to insure the crop 

 being empty. 



The most hu- 

 mane and best 

 way of slaughter- 

 ing the poor things is to have a string with a 

 noose at one end suspended from a beam in 

 some outhouse. Slip the bird's feet through 

 the noose. Instruct the operator to stand with 

 his back to the bird ; take the body under his 

 left arm, breast uppermost, the head in his 



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