Show r High Quality Capons Bring Highest Highe t Prices Mal Making canons capons out of ot surplus cockerels cock cock- erets of at the American and heavier breeds has proved a profitable part of the the poultry business for fora a considerable number of poultry keepers It appears appears appears' ap ap- ap pears pears' that the number of ot high quality capons that could be marketed might well be Increased without serious risk of an unprofitable lowering of prices v But it Is essential that the highest quality be maintained And the highest highest high high- est quality cannot be maintained If it the Increasingly common practice of delaying until the birds are twelve to fifteen weeks old continues Not only Is the question of at quality and flavor of ot importance but the death loss and percentage of slips is less when the caponizing is done at nt a weight of ot a pound to a pound and a half balt Unless the American breed cockerels have reached o D pound In weight by the age of eight or ten weeks it Is doubtful If It will wl-ll pay Runty cockerels never pay as capons whether the operation is done at eight weeks or fifteen 1 |