ao STATES DEPARTMENT OF oe eee 
3%, BULLETIN No. 467 § 
Contribution from the States Relations Service 
A. C. TRUE, Director 
| Washington,D.C. + PROFESSIONAL PAPER December 29, 1916 
THE FOOD VALUE AND USES OF POULTRY.’ 
’ By Henen W. Atwater, Scientific Assistant, Office of Home Economics. 
a CONTENTS. 
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_ Introduction..........- SE aC Gm ee Lie@ooldng. ines wa ie et yes sls eae 18 
Beeenids of pouliry: 2200-22... ee 2) Potted and canned poultry....-:..-..-...... 19 
_ Factors which influence table quality........ 8 | Nutritive value of poultry................... 20 
Handling and dressing poultry............-- 10: Cost of poultry. s222 222 s2 se Bee ep eens 26 
 Cold-storage poultry.................. tee 13 oummary: 9...) Pees Gel can yen 28 
Marks of good table poultry..............-.- 16 
INTRODUCTION. 
_ Among the animal products used for human food few have been 
_ longer or more widely known than poultry. The kinds of birds 
included under the term have naturally varied with time and place. 
| Formerly not only game birds but also small animals, such as rab- 
bits and squirrels, were spoken of as poultry, apparently because 
' they were all sold by one dealer, known as a “ poulterer,’’ and because 
_ they played very similar parts in the bill of fare. At present the 
_word is commonly and correctly used in a more limited sense to 
' describe birds bred especially for their eggs, flesh, or feathers. This 
excludes wild birds, even when they are used for food, and also such 
_ birds as peacocks aa swans when they are bred cae for ornament. 
On the other hand, when such birds as pheasants or quail are domes- 
ticated for table use, or when peafowls and swans are utilized as 
food, they are properly classed as poultry. 
4 At present the most important kinds of poultry in the United 
States are chickens, turkeys, guinea fowls, pigeons or squabs, ducks, 
and geese, while Dotoeie, pheasants, eral and swans Bocca 
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___. 1 Prepared under the direction of C. F. Langworthy, Chief, Office of Home Economics. 
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4 Note.—This bulietin brings together general information and summarizes the results of experimenta 
data regarding the food value of poultry and its uses in the home, together with information on the han- 
dling and care of poultry and similar subjects which will prove of assistance in choosing poultry for the 
Ah iometable. Itis believed that the material will prove useful especially to housekeepers, extension workers, 
hers, and students of home economics. : 
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