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tent, to say nothing of exposure to infection from the finger of the 
dresser or exposure to the air. The drawing is necessary, however, 
to remove the heat and allow for the more rapid cooling of the car- 
cass without refrigeration. On the other hand, the drawing pre- 
vents the birds from being satisfactorily stored without subsequent 
decomposition during sale in the market. 
In some instances, especially in Yugoslavia, Hungary, and the 
Xetherlands, paper is crowded into the abdominal cavity. The rea- 
sons given are that it seals the end of the broken entrails, distends 
the cavity so that cooling is more prompt, and improves the appear- 
ance for sale. It is doubtful if the exposed orifice of the intestine is 
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Fig. 11. — Interior of feeding station, Codogno, Italy 
sealed, but there perhaps is some slight advantage in that the paper 
may act as a blotting medium and absorb the excretions. It is prob- 
ably true that the bacterial content of the flesh of American 
chickens, prepared in the American way and shipped frozen to 
London, is much less than that of the native-dressed poultry, as 
ordinarily displayed on the London or other European markets. 
POULTBY-DEESSI NG PLANTS 
Poultry-dressing plants equipped for the feeding, dressing, cool- 
ing, packing, and shipping of dressed poultry, common in this 
($7780 °— 26 3 
