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Show Surplus Cockerels' SKLIj the surplus coikcreln. You cannot afford to keep them In summer "alrnply for the sake of their society," h the prlc generally decreases with tho tidded oge and v eight of tho bird. Some have found It prolltable to convert the cockerels of th heavy breed Into capons. On this subject 11. T. Colburn, a poultry raiser, soys: "I have no difficulty in raising cockerels, and find a ready market at home, men coming to ir.e from Chicago and paying as much as J 1.04 per heael. By the Introduction of raponlxlng the mlschlef-tnaklng cockerel Is tr.nt.formed Into a tranquil, majestic foul, moving nt leisure about the yard and gel-ting gel-ting fatter and heavier every day. As a seller sell-er he is the peer or any fowl, ylotdlng th greatest returns to the poultry raiser and having been changed by a proems slmpbj tl-it any one equipped with the proper toola can do it." |