A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



they develop. Put a capon on a nest at 

 night, and tuck as many as eighteen chicks 

 just out of the incubator under him, and 

 he will wake up next morning with every 

 quality of an ideal mother, scratching for 

 and feeding his babies in the most approved 

 way; and further, he will never dream of 

 deserting his family they have to be taken 

 away from him. 



In this way he more than pays for his 

 food while growing, which he does rapidly, 

 reaching ten or twelve pounds in weight; 

 and as the frame retains the normal size, 

 the addition is all meat of delicious flavor, as 

 tender as a squab broiler, bringing from 20 

 to 25 cents a pound. 



My six capons raised two hundred and 

 eleven chicks from January to April, and 

 then sold for $1.80 each as roasters. 



The advisability of adding this branch of 

 the business to the farm must entirely de- 

 pend on the possibility of getting the work 

 done and the certainty of a market demand. 



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