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POULTRY PRODUCTION 



a bucket below. The feet are held by a U-shaped shackle, 

 fastened by a rope passing over a pulley, which suspends a 

 weight. 



Fig. 200 



string picking in a commercial establishment. (Courtesy of Iowa 

 State College.) 



Fig. 201 



Dressing-room at a poultry packing-house. Notice men picking on 

 benches and the women pinning on strings. The birds are taken directly 

 from the fattening crates for killing. (Courtesy of Seymour Packing 

 Company.) 



