86 POULTRY LABORATORY GUIDE 



to prevent bruising. Barrels are especially 

 desirable for shipping in warm weather when ice 

 is used. In the bottom bore holes to provide 

 drainage, and place excelsior to the depth of two 

 inches. Pack the birds closely with alternate 

 layers of fine cracked ice, the bottom and top layers 

 always being ice. Straighten out the bodies and 

 legs so that they will not arrive bent and twisted 

 out of their normal shape. Upon the top place 

 a good-sized cake of ice, and cover the barrel with 

 white wrapping paper and burlap, fastening the 

 latter with a hoop. Cases may be packed in the 

 same manner, but whenever ice is used the top 

 should be covered with burlap, for by so doing 

 the package will be kept right side up. 



Mark all packages with the name of the 

 shipper, kind, quality, and number of birds, also 

 the net weight. 



Dressed and live poultry should always be 

 shipped by express and marked perishable. 

 Never use colored wrapping paper in packing. 

 Why? 



