148 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
It was the intention to have the weights of the birds taken 
when alive, after killing and dressing, and after drawing, to 
get information regarding the amount of material removed in 
these operations; but by mistake the person who dressed the 
samples neglected to take most of these weights. 
The birds were weighed immediately upon their receipt at the 
laboratory, and the bones were removed at once and weighed, 
care being taken that none of the flesh was lost in this opera- 
tion. The flesh was then ground several times in a meat chop- 
per. In the case of the small birds the total amount of flesh, 
and in some cases the flesh of two birds, was ground together; 
but with some of the larger birds portions of the light and dark 
meats were reserved for separate analysis. In all cases the 
giblets were ground and analyzed separate from the rest of the 
flesh. When the total amount of flesh was small it was all 
dried and finely ground for analysis; but when large, two 400- 
gram portions of the thoroughly mixed chopped meat were set 
aside for this purpose. 
The samples are given in the following descriptions alphas 
betically, to agree with the order in Table 23. 
Nos. 3609-3612. - Capon. Cold storage birds from New York market. Two 
birds were analyzed, the total weights for both being: drawn, 4398 grams; 
giblets, 394 grams; bones, 769 grams. 
Nos. 3557-3560, »3595-3597. Chicken. Raised in Middletown. Three 
chickens nearly a year old were used. In the case of two of the birds the total 
flesh from each carcass was ground for analysis, while the third was separated 
into light and dark meat and these were analyzed separately. The weights of 
the two former birds dressed were as follows: undrawn, 3856 grams; drawn, 
3470 grams; giblets, 325 grams; bones, 674 grams. ‘The weights of the third 
bird were: undrawn, 1549 grams; drawn, 1156 grams; giblets, 160 grams; 
bones, 201 grams. The light meat weighed 499 grams and the dark meat 255 
grams, ) 
Nos. 3668-3670. - Broiler chicken. ‘Two birds about four months old, raised 
in the vicinity of Middletown. The weights were as follows: drawn, 1265 
grams; giblets, 129 grams; bones, 284 grams. 
Nos. 3565-3573, 3602-3604. ~ Duck. Raised in the vicinity of Middletown. 
Four ducks were obtained and each was analyzed separately. One duck weighed 
twice as much as either of the others. ‘The weights of all four together were 
as follows:, undrawn, 8505 grams; drawn, ‘6678 grams; giblets, 816 grams; 
bones, 1045 grams. ‘The breast meat was removed from each bird for analysis 
separate from the rest of the flesh, the breast meat for the four birds weighing 
958 grams, and the remainder of the flesh 3665 grams. 


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