230 Farm Poultry 



ators are enabled to werk with the reflector with 

 almost as much ease and satisfaction as in bright 

 sunlight. This reflector consists of a mirror fas- 

 tened to the head by a band in such a manner 

 that the mirror can be turned to any desired 

 angle to throw the light into the cavity, and 

 to show the location of the organs to be re- 

 moved, as well as the place of the near-by veins 

 and arteries. 



" When to make capons and the time to sell. 

 Judging from these results and a study of the 

 markets the best chance to profit by the produc- 

 tion of capons would be in caponizing late chicks 

 that ordinarily would be fit for market as broilers 

 or roasters when the prices are the lowest, and 

 too old to sell as tender chickens in January and 

 February. Cockerels that were hatched in June, 

 July or August, especially if of the large early- 

 maturing kind like Plymouth Rocks and Wyan- 

 dottes crossed on Brahmas or Langshans, castrated 

 in September, October and November, and mar- 

 keted in March, April, May and June, when they 

 would have reached their best, would be the most 

 profitable and bring the highest price. Such 

 birds are often sold alive by the pound very low 

 in the city markets or by those who have no room 

 to winter them. Farmers who have cheap food, 

 who are far from shipping points, and therefore 

 kill and ship all at one time in cold weather, 



