Show SMALL PROFIT IN GROWING CAPONS the margin or 0 profit in growing ca pons pona an a compared to selling tho the malo male birds its as broilers Is usually small email according to experiments conducted at tho the poultry department of the state college of agriculture at ithaca N Y feed appears to be the item of greatest cost in raising copons camons and this increases rapidly after the birds reach the broiler stage it requires q aires about eight to ten pounds of grain and mash for one pound of gala gain la in live and cains of american varieties gain six to eight pounds in about ns as many months after they are arc caponi caponized zed feeding hausl housing ng marketing and labor costs are often so eo largo large that they more ahrin offset the increase in price received for or them low feed costs costi and high meat prices may make the business profitable for some sections ho however w ever in the middle west where fel feed d Is usually cheaper than in new york state experiments and figures indicate that capons camons are not akerly as aa profitable as laying pullets the poultry men at the college gay any that it usually Is more profitable to market surplus males as broilers than as aa canons capons but if males must be held several months for special trade capon caponizing izing may be advisable and often Is desirable because it to Is easier and more convenient to keep them a and d the meat will bring a higher price palco |