A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



This experiment warrants my counselling 

 any woman who has not qualified as a trained 

 surgical nurse not to try caponizing. If 

 you are near a big city where there is a 

 large market and special demand for them, 

 a little tactful questioning of the people who 

 buy these specialties will enable you to find 

 some man who understands the work and 

 can be hired to visit your place for a small 

 fee and save you from attempting what must 

 be uncongenial, to say the least of it, to any 

 woman. 



The six cockerels which were operated on 

 enabled me to test the value of caponiz- 

 ing from personal observation; and I am 

 convinced that where there is a market for 

 the best, there is money in capons. 



Late-hatched chickens operated on in Oc- 

 tober will make splendid table birds the 

 following April, and during the interim can 

 take the place of brooders for incubator 

 chicks; for one of the advantages of capon- 

 izing cockerels is the gentle, placid nature 



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