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BULLETIN 17, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



unfavorable temperatures during transportation, receive an impetus 

 toward decay that can not be overcome by subsequent irreproachable 

 treatment on the market. It is a comparatively simple matter to 

 prevent decay; it is, at the present time, impossible to stop it by the 

 use of low temperatures once a foothold has been gamed. Imperfect 





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work by the carrier nullifies to a certain extent the work of the ship- 

 per and the wholesaler or retailer handling the goods on the market. 

 The temperatures indicated by this investigation to be most desirable 

 for the transportation of dressed poultry are considerably lower than 

 those generally accepte as satisfactory. They are, however, quite in 



