1 80 The Hen at Work 



Selling Cockerels. — It frequently happens that a 

 grower will have forty or fifty young cockerels he 

 wishes to sell in the market. He may diess them 

 himself, may ship them alive to commission houses, 

 or may sell them alive to some dealer in town, who 

 comes with his wagon. The last method is the 

 best imder most circumstances. If we drees them 

 at home we are in for a tedious, unpleasant task, 

 and will gain little profit by it. If we ship to 

 market alive we have to provide crates, and must 

 stand ready to be disappointed when the check 

 comes. All who deal with commission people 

 must be in the frame of mind Pat was when he 

 declared: "No, I didn't get as much as I expected, 

 but thin I knew I wouldn't." 



When we have a man come with his team to the 

 door, we have no trouble or expense for dressing; 

 we have no bother about crates; we know just 

 the weight of our birds and can put them in our 

 own scales if we wish; in the end we shall probably 

 get more profit than by any other method. If 

 there are hens for sale in the fall, Jews will give 

 attractive prices and take them alive from the 

 door. 



Dressing Poultry. — Instructions for dressing 



