388 POULTRY CULTURE 



Do not cut through the underneath skin, but, having severed 

 the bone, cut off 2 inches nearer the head. 



Separate out and cut off head and neck, saving the neck and 

 laying to one side. Remove by peeling out the crop, cutting 

 off as far down as possible, from the tube extending down into 

 the body. Insert two fingers through the neck hole. Pass 

 entirely round inside the fowl to loosen all organs. Particular 

 care must be taken to loosen the lungs, which cause the bird 

 to decompose quicker if left in. To do this the trusser must 

 work carefully toward the backbone between each rib of the 

 four nearest the neck, on either side. 



With the back of the trussing knife rap the joint of each 

 shoulder sharply to break it. Wipe the flaps and surround- 

 ings flesh clean and fold the flaps evenly over the opening, the 

 back flap coming forward and inside, and the front flap being 

 held in place by folding back the wings that they may lie flat 

 across the back, the flap being under them. 



Stand the bird on its end, tail upward and feet toward you. 

 With cloth, take firm hold of opening to intestine, and, with a 

 sharp-pointed knife, cut in a complete circle round the vent, 

 taking care to cut around, not into, the intestine. Into the 

 cut, beside the intestine, insert fingers, pass round to loosen 

 organs, take firm grip of gizzard, and draw all organs out in a 

 pile on the board. 



Separate the heart, liver, and gizzard. Cut a slit along the 

 outside edge of the gizzard, taking care not to cut too deep, 

 pull apart and remove the grit bag. 



Thread the needle with one of the pieces of string, press legs 

 firmly forward toward head, and at the commencement of leg 

 insert needle, drawing out an exactly same point on the other 

 side. The legs should be even. Insert the same needle and 

 string through the space between the two wing-bones, then 

 under and up through the skin of the fore wing. Proceed in 

 the same manner with the other wing, beginning with the fore 

 wing and ending between the bones of the wing itself. Tie ends 

 of string tightly together at the starting-point. Rethread the 

 needle, pass through skin at point of breast-bone, through hole 

 in breast-bone, and out at same point on other side. Over the 

 leg and through the hole in the hip, out on opposite side of 



