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changing the quality of the flesh, but the flesh of 

 Plymouth Rocks and other breeds changes very quickly 

 at this time. The fowls are always bought alive by 

 weight at the ruling market prices. They are bled in 

 the mouth, picked dry, thrown at once into ice water 

 and allowed to cool. They are then hung up to dry 

 and the next morning packed in shipping cases and 

 sent to market. Such prices can only be expected 

 in localities which appreciate and are willing to pay 

 for a high grade of poultry. 



The breeding stock for laying is selected from 

 January and February-hatched Brahma pullets and 

 February and March-hatched Plymouth Rocks. This 

 gives a hint of the value of early hatching to get winter 

 layers. 



