STORING POULTRY FOODS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 65, 18 March 1938, Page 15

STORING POULTRY FOODS.

The larger the quantity of any poultij food that is purchased at one time, the lower the price, but, on the other hand, considerable losses can occur if they are not properly stored? It is unwise to leave poultry foods for loug in sacks: meals are particularly prone to cake. Three weeks should be reckoned as the maximum safe time, and even 'then the sacks should be turned upside down each week and should be stood on a slatted platform of wood, so that contact with the floor is avoided. The sacks should be prevented, if necessary, from touching the wall of the store by similar means. The alternative to keeping the foods in sacks is to put them into galvanised iron bins that are made specially for the purpose, galvanised dustbins, teachests or stout packing cases. t)f these the special bins are obviously preferable. particularly when they are fitted with a sliding door, which allows the lowermost parts of the contents to be used first. In all <-a?es the store room must be dry and ventilated.