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CHICKS 



plish its object. There is something in this and more in the 

 latter than the former objection. They claim tliat the brain- 

 ing process is sure to render the bird unconscious nine times 

 out of ten with no hindrance to the picking process. How- 

 ever this may be, the bird winces terribly during the brain- 

 ing process, before it is accomplished, a thing that there is 

 no opportunity and no occasion for in the stunning method. 

 If the braining process is a help to the picker, which is doubt- 



The Process of the Braining, Described by A. C. Smith. 



ful, it is certainly no great comfort to the victim if one can 

 judge by appearances. 



If the braining process is used, the chicken is taken from 

 the box and held firmly under the left arm while the left 

 hand holds the mouth open. The sharp knife (better with 

 a double edge for a little distance from the point) is drawn 

 rather deeply and diagonally across the roof of the mouth, 

 coming out at the side, cuttmg the large arteries. The 



