44 PRELIMINARY COLD STORAGE STUDIES. 



Bacteriological examination of fresh and cold-storage quail Continued. 

 STORAGE QUAIL-Continued. 



III. CHICKENS COLD-STORED UNDER KNOWN CONDITIONS. 

 ORGANOLEPTIC TESTS. 



Tests were made on chickens placed in storage on July 1, 1906, 

 and withdrawn at intervals of approximately three months for a 

 period of almost nineteen months. At each test a drawn and an un- 

 drawn chicken were taken out of cold storage and compared with a 

 fresh chicken both before and after cooking, the jurors having no 

 information as to the history of the birds and giving their opinions 

 independently. The chickens were cooked by the same person 

 throughout the experiment and prepared in the same manner. 



On October 19, 1906, after three and a half months of storage, the 

 cooked chickens showed practically no deterioration and the jurors 

 found it a little difficult to distinguish them from the fresh fowl. 



