TREPARING SQUABS FOR MARKET 



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When ever.N tiling is in I'radiness several squabs are hung 

 up by their I'eet on strings attached to a rack. This rack la 

 on the %\all of the dressing room and is a one inch by four inch 

 board witii six penny nails (Iriven at intervals of four inches 

 so that about onedialf of earli nail is driven in. The bird's 

 wings are dou))lp locl^cd sn that they cannot flutter. We take 

 a sharp nari'ow knife oi' a surgeon's lance and insert it in the 



CIANT WHITE RUNT 

 I'lioln ii-nni Jack M. Pun, Stockton, CaUf. 



squall's mouth \\-ith tlie sharp edge toward the brain and with 

 a simple t\\"ist we cut tlic jugular vein and the lirain with one 

 motion. This kills almost instantly. The liird is left to bleed 

 freely for a while. ScAcral squabs are killed in this manner 

 and are then jiicked just as quickly as possible. The writer 

 has fovmd from e\|ieriencc that it is not best to let the birds 

 hang until thorouglil\' cool before picking as the feathers will set 

 more firmly and in an endeavor to remove same the picker will 



