DRESSING AND MARKETING 65 



Withhold feed before killing. — Curtailing the 

 quantity of the previous afternoon's feed and selecting 

 the squabs before the morning feed is given, hive al- 

 ways given empty crops. We have never had to cut 

 open and remove the contents of crops bulging with 

 freshly eaten grain. It is always a poor practice to 

 send inferior squabs to market with prime birds, for 

 the price will almost always be severely cut. We cull 

 out all such birds and- send them to the local market. 

 Seldom does the number exceed half- a dozen such 

 birds, including dark skinned ones. The commission 

 firm knows beforehand that our shipment will run 

 uniform. In Fig. 26, a fine lot of squabs, dressing 10 

 pounds a dozen, is shown. 



