Show CAPONS PUT PUNCH IN POULTRY PROFITS continued from last week caponizing Capon izing which Is simply removing the reproduces organs of 0 young male birds is a very simple operation A ten year old boy could soon learn to do it quickly and successfully cess fully and failures are practically unknown once the trick is mastered moreover learning need not entail any appreciable loss the first practicing can be done on dead birds and even it if one or two tao should bleed to death they are lust just as good for the table as it if killed intentionally even it if such birds represented a total loss however the sacrifice would be wiped out by added profits on the first few successfully capon iced not only does the capon weigh much more than a cockerel of corresponding age but bui its flesh Is so much finer in quality as to command a tar far higher price per pound it would be useless tor for me to give detailed instructions here they could hardly be made clear without extensive illustrations and besides excellent instructions are furnished furnished with all sets seta ot of instruments but just a word about instruments buy the best the difference I 1 in n cost between trie very best instruments and the least desira desirable bli ones Is just a few ew cents after all the extra profits on one capon that would have been lost with interior inferior instruments will repay the added investment many times over almost iny any breed of fowl may be used although there would be little gained in capon caponizing izing the small email breeds the best tor for medium sized capons camons are plymouth rocks rhode island reds and others running about the same average size these when caponized caponi zed will run from 2 to 4 pounds heavier that the average fowl not so treated larger breeds of the so called asiatic strains Brah Mah mas v W rival turkeys irk size eize 12 to 16 pounds but oh what a difference there never was a turkey halt so tender and toothsome as even an average capon it is manifestly impossible in an article of this kind to deal extensively with the habits or methods of feeding and handling capons camons nor should it be necessary it if however I 1 can arouse sufficient interest yi the subject to get ama beur and professional thinking and talking about capons camons it will not be long before the public Is much better supplied with a wonderful viand that they ought to know more about incidentally camons capons make excellent tester foster mothers tor for baby chicks that hat Is they can be easily taught to care tor for and brood a bunch of newly hatched baby chicks and do it as well or better than a hen will nill A capon being larger will hover from to thirty chicks and they can protect their chicks from hawks etc much better than a hen ben the capons camons feathers are longer softer and more abundant than that of a hen and his wing spread considerably greater his amiable disposition tits fits him admirably tor for the task and releases the hen ben tor for laying equipment as aa low as possible it if wo the right kind ot of homemade hamn mada equipment will just as well as the most expensive factory made article moreover with but little mare more effort it if any it can be kept clean and sanitary As an example I 1 have some nests made blade from ordinary soap boxes that have given satisfactory service for more than ten years continuously troughs which are undoubtedly the most generally used odail of all feeding appliances are also easily made by the home workman A number of exec excellent ilent factory made troughs are also available it if wanted the familiar V bottom trough made entirely of wood Is I 1 believe the most commonly used for feeding wet mashes as well as the easiest to build ti it is in very good too because feed cannot lodge in the corners whatever material or style of construction aro are used a grating of some sort should protect the food so the fowls cau can reach it easily but cannot roost over it or get their feet in it all feeding troughs and 10 tatar at er should be up ot off the around ground or floor it platforms or racks so the chickens cannot scratch litter and dirt into them the reel hopper Is the best for iry mash teed feed Thi scan stan be made by making an open box 12 inches wide 7 inches high at each side and any length required up p to 12 or 14 feet have the ends ot of this box project up 7 or 8 inches and hang a reel la in the center ot of these end pieces 4 inches square which will prevent the chic chickens klins from ro on it and will keep them from getting into the box or hopper with their feet and still permit them to eat the mash teed feed on the top of 0 each side have a lip project into the box at least 31 4 ot of an inch this will keep the chickens from wasting the teed feed it should be upon a platform where the hens can jump uj up and eat from each side in addition to the various kinds of troughs and hoppers which can be ot of homemade construction construct lop there are several very practical styles of 0 homemade drinking equipment which are more or less satisfactory drinking vessels should be made of tin galvanized iron glass or crockery A wooden vessel or trough Is not easily cleaned or sterilized therefore should pot be used for either water or milk an ordinary pan bucket pall pail or can can be used tor for a drinking vessel or excellent sanitary drinking fountains can be bought from any dealer in poultry y supplies it if homemade equipment la Is used be sure to protect it in some way so BO the fowls cannot get in the water with their teet feet or turn it over for watering poultry the best beat plan is to build a platform 24 inches square and have it up to 20 or 24 inabel inches from the floor make blake a round hole in the center ot of the platform just large enough to let a tapered galvanized pail or bucket halt way down in the hole and the chickens can jump up on all sides of this platform and drink A platform can be be made 2 feet wide and 6 feet 0 ong nap it if desired to accommodate three pails plenty ot of pure fresh drinking water should be available at all times convenient tor for the hens to find space is lacking to describe even briefly the various other accessories which may be desirable in the poultry yard all ot of them may as a rule be made at home of simple material and at a very little cost it if so desired not only does the maker of equipment effect a worthwhile saying saving but I 1 know from personal experience that he gets a whole lot of genuine enjoyment out of the additional satisfaction of knowing his percentage ot of profit will be greater because lift his has been kept as low as possible |