128 POULTRY 
of the male birds at the end of the breeding 
season. It is questionable, however, if it 
pays the average poultryman to attempt to 
fatten his broilers. Owing to the fact that 
the poultryman at that time of year is excep- 
tionally busy, the best system to follow in 
disposing of broilers is to go into the various 
brooder houses and, after selecting the breed- 
ing males, to take out any remaining malcs 
that weigh two or two and one-half pounds, 
put them in crates, feed them well on scratch 
feed, and ship them to market. 
Dressing. If the poultryman is situated 
where he has a good retail market which will 
pay him a fancy price for his dressed fowl, 
and if he has the time to do the work, it will 
pay him in dollars and cents to dress his own 
fowl. 
Scalding vs. Dry Picking. There are 
two methods of killing and picking fowl in 
general use: (1) the scalding method; (2) the 
dry-picking method. For immediate con- 
sumption or for home use, and especially in 
the case of a man who does but little killing 
and is not expert, the scalding method is 
probably the better. But for birds which are 
