Caponizing 



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The question is sometimes asked, with all se- 

 riousness, whether the operation is not sufficiently 

 painful to condemn the practice. Without doubt 

 considerable pain is involved, but no more than in 

 a similar operation which is performed so gener- 



Fig. 73. Wigmore's caponizing set. 



ally on other classes of farm stock, and the pain 

 is probably less than in those cases. 



That capons are regularly quoted in markets 

 of many cities shows that there is sufficient de- 

 mand for them to warrant poultry men in giving 

 considerable attention to their production, particu- 



