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, have 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. 



