POULTRY RAISING CHICKENS 



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LITTLE HELEN BEL'OY, 



CEDAR VALE, KANSAS. 



MAKING A CAPON. 



At the time this picture 

 was taken Helen was only 

 ten years old. This little 

 girl makes spending money 

 by working birds for the 

 neighbors. She gets 

 cents for each capon 



ten 

 he 



in eaiy for her 

 to operate on fifty in one 

 afternoon. In her letter 

 giving us the right to ue 

 the above photograph she 

 say*: 



"I learned to caponize 

 when I wi nine years old. 

 although the picture was 

 taken when I was ten. and 

 have eaponlzed successfully 

 for the last s*ven seasons 

 without killing a bird. How- 

 ever, my youngest brother 

 learned to caponize success- 

 fully when only seven years 

 old." 



