People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1896 — Flocking Fowls. [ARTICLE]

Flocking Fowls.

Plucking fowls may be easily and quiokly aooompllsbed in this way: As soon as the bird is dead immerse it in a pall* of very hot water, the water to cover all the feathere. One minnte is usually long enough to keep the fowl under hot water. Too long soaking is liable to dlsoolor the skin. After this hot bath the feathers are so loosened that they oan be almost rubbed off. The bird is then rinsed in oold water and wiped with a soft doth. It should then be put into a ootton bag kept for this purpose and hung in a cool plaoe. When fowls are not to be used at onoe, they should always be loosely rolled in cloth or paper to keep them from dark. Ducks cannot be managed in this way, as their feathers contain so much oil that the water does not penetrate them. —New York Sun.