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CAPON1SING FOWLS. 



In performing the operation, the first thing to be 

 considered is the purchase or procurement of the re- 

 quisite instruments. Those most approved of by skill- 

 ful operators, consist of two five or seven-pound weights 

 for confining the fowls ; a scalpel for cutting open the 



SCALPEL. 



thin skin which envelopes the testicles ; a silver retrac- 

 tor for stretching open the wound wide enough to ope- 



RETRACTOR. 



rate within ; a pair of spring forceps, denoted by the 

 letter a, in the following page, having a sharp, cutting 

 edge, resembling that of a chisel, with a bevel half 

 an inch in its greatest width, for making the incision, 



