A STRONG BREEZE.
Chickens are now plucked in a wholesale manner by the use of pneumatic machinery. There is a receptacle in which the fowl is placed after being killed, and into this are turned several cross currents of air from electrical fans revolving at the rate of 5000 turns per minute. In the twinkling of an eye the bird is stripped of its feathers, even to the tiniest particles of down, and the machine is ready for another. Needless to say, remarks "Science Sittings," the machine is at work in America.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 16, 19 January 1901, Page 2 (Supplement)
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92A STRONG BREEZE. Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 16, 19 January 1901, Page 2 (Supplement)
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