PREPARATION OF STOCK FOR MARKET. 



Not infrequently does a producer have hard work to market his produce because 

 of the slack appearance it has when being sold. If the producer does not spend a 

 few moments in adding to the neatness and attractiveness of his article, he is throw- 

 ing a share of his profits away. For example, if a poultryman has a dozen fowls to 

 market, and throws them in his wagon on a bran-sack, and another dozen are packed 

 in a box lined with clean parchment 'paper, with their feet and heads washed, the 

 contrast is quickly noted by the buyer. The producer will thus obtain a premium 

 over and above those which are marketed in a slack condition. Though 2 cents a 

 pound on a few birds may not be a very large factor, on a commercial basis it is 

 the small amount which counts up fast and displaces many of the debits to the 

 credit side. 



STARVING BEFORE KILLING. 



Too often, well-fatted roasters have their crops full of grain when marketed. 

 The crop and entrails, as also the meat around the same, soon begin to turn green, 



Dislocating the neck. Note the head is turned to right angle with neck, breaking 

 the joint by a pull downward. 



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