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FROM THE FARM TO THE DINNER PLATE This is me first of a weekly series feature called How To Each week a different field will be examined to see how manufacturers make whatever It is they make This week The Herald looks at the chicken business to find out what happens Henrietta was born several before the golden brown pieces of chicken appear on the dinner months ago and up until last plate week spent most of her time ONTO ANOTHER CONVEYOR wandering around her barn living a life of ease She was fed carefully every day with special seed to moke sure she grew up big and ten der It was an easy life but she knew It would end on somebody plate Being a chicken she had resigned herself to that fact and wanted to enjoy what time she had remaining Bui alas she realized her lime had come when several humans raided her barn one night while alt lights were out She scrambled about to escape but felt a hand clamp and knew past three torches used to burn away this hair Now she was clean Then she was In the largest section of Ihe plant the area where Ihe final processing Is performed First a worker cut out her oil sack followed by another who pushed a drill into her hind end to gel at her in sides and her body dropped Into a largo chilling tank where she was rota led In Ihe degree waters DECIDED a bathing she was picked up on another conveyor and carried Into a large chilling lank where Ihe water was a rather brisk degrees HOW TO Process A Chicken the grade Mor ids failed and they Three more piucKers and Henrietta was dropped off first conveyor line and workers quickly fastened her feet to another By this time she had no more feathers but some body hairs still remained The conveyor earned her nother worker jabbed a rod Inside her and pulled innards at left m hanging as she continued the I- the it would be learned if irielta was indeed fit for ption The ral Inspector who works ihe Ministry of Agriculture a close examination to be she was alright passedih I but e of her friends were not so mate They flunked and removed from the line to their career and become ling but waste made for bruises or other In Henrietta More of her too wore off Some of ihclr parts Id still be useful so they e saved be next step involved loving her heart and lungs operation for the skilled at Maple Lodge These iwo parts were sent to a large chilling tank where they would be packed into pound bags Tor sale Next her gizzard was cul out and put into a machine lhat neatly sliced il open removed the spleen and sent both parts lo another chilling lank for packing IttADTtfMOVLD Before she could go any another check was made just to be sure As the conveyor continued It carried her into a machine that quickly lopped off her and dropped it Into a large barrel Immediately following this a man stuck a vacuum hose in side her body to suck out her kidneys and lungs These parts are of no use and actually are the only parts considered After another bathing and inspection her feel were cut off this bath her true fate was lo be decided Henrietta dropped off at the first stop and this meant she would likely be served as Kentucky Fried Chicken by the bucket or barrel A special machine cut her automatically nine neat pieces that were packed into bags and placed Into boxes These boxes were placed into a refrigerator and Henrietta will slay there until a truck comes pick her up Her entire excursion lasted little more than one hour and the end she was ready to delight the buds of anyone However not all of the chickens got dropped where she did Others continued on down Ihe line cither to become whole broilers or perhaps lo be cut into larger pieces Either way the ultimate end was on the dinner tabic ANIMAI FOOD AH the pieces and parts removed Henrietta during the process were transferred to another section of the plant where they were mixed and ground up lo be used as animal food This includes the head feel and ins Idea that arc not used for human consumption Hundred of chickens undergo the same process every hour to the needs of hungry consumers Many go lo restaurants others to large grocery store chains and still others to the comer butcher entire operation started more than years ago as on egg delivery route Jack May found many of his customers wanted chicken delivered and an idea was bom In 1954 he had the plant built and now his brother Bob and his son are all involved Since their small beginnings they have grown Immensely and now employ more than persons Club Wants World Peace The January meeting of AOTS Mens Cub of St John United Church centred around general theme of peace in our times Following dinner and a short business meeting the club broke Into small groups to consider a list of proposals and to suggest which of these proposals Canada should support to reduce the risk of nuclear war The list was a random assortment of ideas ranging from a ban on all materials used for nuclear weapons to an increase In cultural exchange programs Although directed to consider question of nuclear war many members soon turned their alien lion to the broader topic of all types of aggression suggesting that any kind of war l possible is It soon became apparent that all proposals on the list could be divided into two major Groupings those proposals i reeled at preventing war and proposals directed at preventing the causes of war Unfortunately many in this latter category are somewhat Idealistic In lure but the men voled overwhelmingly for action lhat would remove Ihe cause of discontent Three proposals were deemed most important More trust In and more reliance on International bodies such as the United lions and International Court of Justice in their to regulate world affairs programs of exchanges I lo develop Interest and understanding between nations at the personal level A concerted effort to reduce poverlv disease food and overpopulation Weapons stockpiles for Canada banning nuclear war materials and nuclear agression treaties were ruled out as Ineffective for Canada to reduce possibility of war Al the next Mens Club meeting in February a professional opinion will be presented by an expert from Ihe Canadian Peace liesearch Institute Judging some of the discussion this meeting he heller agree with mm hers i lull or he I right mi I is hinds CUTTING FOR KENTUCKY FRIED Eggs Graded By Weight Another operation carneo out at Lodge Farms in is the grading and pack of eggs he eggs come to ihe arm in containers and con miners arc put onto a conveyor belt A machine carefully lifts Ihe eggs out of their package and onto another conveyor belt As this conievor moves along the eggs ore carried into first section which sprays them with hot water IIS degrees to clean them thoroughly en leave this section they pass an area w here are examined under a special light for cracks or rd marks which are caused by blood In on overdeveloped egg If they pass this section which many do not they pass Into the final stage where they are graded by weight The grading is done automatically by a weight sensitive machine which drops the eggs into their proper grading stations They are packaged and ready or sa Some are sold at Maple Lodge Farms for reduced cost but most end up in corner stores or grocery nutlets fl Stay Off Credit River UP THEY GO TO CHILLER Credit Valley Conservation Authority officials have warned ciliicns not lo go on Ice covered portions of Ihe Credit River The river is being used for variety or recreational uses including Ice has formed over slow m ting water and close to he river edge but Is dangerously thin in some places A snowmobile with one or two persons aboard could easily fall through the ice said on off Inn The authontf owns hundreds acres al the mid finds it impossible to even place warning signs al all Silver near Georgetown hazardous locations The small trees there The authority is also having have been by difficulty keeping snowmobiles snowmobile some who use nit of Its such area at a m said a as the reforestation farm spokesman A 14 apartment building the firs I high rise in Ihe Territory will get under way next spring in an cost million 11 will have mming pool and I a Hi to Ix litKiuner TOURISTS More than lour is la visited the territory during an increase of 12 per over 1972 With a population of residents tourist trade multiplies early p by IS times