. Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Jl BULLETIN No. 467 Contribution from the States Relations Service £OP?'*$mfU A. C. TRUE, Director ^V^^wTi, Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER December 29, 1916 THE FOOD VALUE AND USES OF POULTRY.1 By Helen W. Atwater, Scientific Assistant, Office of Home Economics. CONTENTS. Introduction. 1 Kinds of poultry 2 Factors which influence table quality 8 Handling and dressing poultry 10 Cold-storage poultry - 13 Marks of good table poultry 16 Cooking 18 Potted and canned poultry 19
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. Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Jl BULLETIN No. 467 Contribution from the States Relations Service £OP?'*$mfU A. C. TRUE, Director ^V^^wTi, Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER December 29, 1916 THE FOOD VALUE AND USES OF POULTRY.1 By Helen W. Atwater, Scientific Assistant, Office of Home Economics. CONTENTS. Introduction. 1 Kinds of poultry 2 Factors which influence table quality 8 Handling and dressing poultry 10 Cold-storage poultry - 13 Marks of good table poultry 16 Cooking 18 Potted and canned poultry 19 Nutritive value of poultry 20 Cost of poultry 26 Summary 28 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 and swans when they are bred simply 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. At present the most important kinds of -poultry in the United States are chickens, turkeys, guinea fowls, pigeons or squabs, ducks, and geese, while peafowls, pheasants, quail, and swans occasionally J Prepared under the direction of C. F. Langworthy, Chief, Office of Home Economics. Note.—This bulletin brings together general information and summarizes the results of experiments data regarding th