CHICKENS 



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To the eggs as each layer is put in add the mixture of one part 

 of waterglass and ten parts of distilled water. Cover crock and 

 put in cool place. The eggs Avill keep indefinitely. 



Dry-picked poultry is required in many markets. Xote dia- 

 gram for place to cut the jugular vein arch. Note also carefully 

 the skull showing the place where the point of the knife must 

 penetrate a small portion of the brain. The knife is first thrust 

 up through the slit in the roof of the mouth to the left of the 

 middle bone and toward the eye cavity. Then the knife must be 

 redirected toward the center of the head and to the brain 



Fig. 130.— Knife 



1)raiu in fi<imnin<T. 



through the optic nerve oi)ening. To do this the handle of the 

 knife must be pressing against the upper beak as shown at "X" 

 in diagram. The vein is first cut, then the bird is immediately 

 stunned. Picking must follow rapidly. If a good stun has been 

 made some of the feathers will start droj^ping off immediately. 



DUCKS 



Pekins make a satisfactory meat breed, particularly for sec- 

 tions like Long Island, whicli are near a market that demands a 

 h(^avy duck. 



Indian Runners are satisfactory for the ^Middle West and 

 other sections where the markets demand a medium Aveight duck. 

 The Kunners are also very good layers; some flocks, under good 



