PKEl'AIiING Foil ilAItKET 121 



weight and tiirc exactly. Any attempt at deception Mall 

 be discovered by the buyer, the commission house will 

 have to make good all loss, and the shipper^s mark will 

 be subsequently avoided as unreliable. The address of 

 the consignees should be plainly marked and the initials 

 or shipping mark of the consignor. Full advices and 

 invoices are usually sent by mail at once after the 

 goods are shipped. 



The bench shown, Figure 27, is convenient when 

 picking and dressing fowls. It is made from a com- 

 mon, plain table. One pair of legs are shortened to 

 give a moderate slope, side guards are added to hold 



Fig. 27 TABLE FOR DRESSING FOWLS 



the feathers, which are caught in the basket. A hole 

 is made for the neck of the fowl to drip through into 

 the dish below. 



For most markets, the intestines or crop should 

 not be "drawn.-" For scalding poultry, the water 

 should be as near boiling point as possible, without 

 actually boiling. The bird being held by the head and 

 legs, should be immersed and lifted up and down in 

 the water three times ; this makes picking easy. When 

 the head is immersed it turns the color of the comb 

 and gives the eyes a shrunken appearance, which often 

 leads buyers to think the fowl has been sick. The 

 feathers should then be at once removed, pinfeathers 

 and all, very cleanly and without breaking the skin. 



