This week at the Heritage Museum we accessioned a Fishers Humane Poultry Killer. The tool is designed to kill chickens swiftly and humanely. It is shaped like a pair of pliers, with a blade on one arm and the other having a flat surface. The devise is used by grabbing the bird by the neck open the beak and insert the blade allowing the hood to rest on the cranium of the bird. The devise was submitted for a patented May 25, 1937, by William John Fisher, William Aldred Fisher, Alvin Fisher, Evans Fisher, and Victor Fisher, all of which are from Saskatchewan. The purpose of was to eliminate the risk of missing the fowl’s brain in the process of killing and to keep the user’s hands clean when it was all said and done. It also made plucking the feathers off the bird easier. This item is open to be viewed by anyone who attends the museum. There are many other artifacts such as this one in our collection.