CHICKENS COLD-STORED UNDER KNOWN CONDITIONS. 47 



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Fresh. — Eyes full, comb and gills pale; neck soft and well rounded; leather papillae 

 prominent. Region of crop inconspicuous, but not depressed, Body clear pale 

 pinkish yellow color, with bluish tones over legs and hips; skin firmly but pliably 

 attached to tissues beneath. Muscles of breast almost colorless, opalescent 

 grayish pink; texture very elastic. Muscles on inside of thigh pink and soft ; fat- 

 pale yellow. Dark, blood-red liver, well rounded intestines, blood supply distinct ; 

 gizzard bright. 



Drawn. — Head gone; end of neck powdery, dry: skin like parchment, adherent to 

 neck, loose over breast, easily torn away from muscles, much too yellow; tissues 

 below dried out. Muscles of breast too pink and dried, fibers very prominent, elas- 

 ticity largely gone. Inside of thigh too deep in color, purplish and brownish 

 tints appearing; fat too yellow. Gizzard, liver, and lungs loose in body cavity, 

 hardly recognizable. 



Undrawn. — Eye depressed, comb and gills dried; neck shrunken, skin adherent. 

 Skin better than drawn, but not normal. Breast muscles too pink, very fibrous, 

 not elastic, not so dry as drawn and generally in better condition. Tissue of thigh 

 better than drawn, but tending toward some coloring. Liver lighter in color and 

 not resistant to pressure, mottled; gizzard normal; intestines flattened, veinings 

 indistinct; color not bad. Gall bladder has discolored tissues around it. Fat 

 slightly discolored. 



F. C. C. 



Fresh. — Skin light in color and tight ; odor and appearance good ; interior good norm a 



color, with organs fresh; odor as in all fresh chickens. 

 Drawn. — Skin rather dry and hard; odor and appearance good. Internal organs 



discolored and shrunk, but not of bad odor; muscle fibers dried and striatums 



very distinct; odor all right. 

 Undrawn. — Skin dry and hard; odor and appearance good; appearance of interior 



better than in drawn fowl; the organs fairly normal, only slightly discolored. 



Muscle tissues look better than in drawn chicken. 



Macroscopical examination of fresh and cold-storage chickens, January 23, 1908, after 



18 months' cold storage. 



H. W. W. 



Fresh. — Yellow and pink flesh ; purple and red legs; plump; pleasant odor; eye full; 



interior flesh and intestines red; odor fresh; liver brownish red; lung tissue 



yellow. 

 Drawn. — Faded color; flint legs; shriveled skin; bad odor; head gone; interior 



flesh appears more nearly normal than that of undrawn; odor also better. 

 Undrawn. — Faded color, pale, and shriveled; bad odor; eye sunken and almost 



invisible; red color of intestines gone; liver bright yellow, very bad odor; interior 



flesh faded and bad smelling; many evidences of degeneration. 



F. C. W. 



Fresh. — Color normal pinkish; odor as of fresh meat; tissues soft, friable, and moist; 



eyes normal. 

 Drawn. — Tissues dry, hard; color darker than normal; skin drawn and tightly 



adherent; odor better than undrawn; head off; interior tissues tough with no 



resilience; odor and color better than undrawn. 



