CAPONISING FOWLS. 



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Scalpel, .... 

 Silver Ketractor, 

 Spring Forceps, 

 Spoon, with hook, 

 Double Silver Canula, 



$0.62 i 

 1.50 

 0.87 

 0.75 

 1.75 



$5.50 



and securing the thin membrane covering the testicles; 

 a spoon-shaped instrument) 

 b, with a sharp hook at one 

 end, for pushing and remov- 

 ing the testicles, adjusting 

 the loop, and to assist in 

 tearing open the tender cov- 

 ering of the testicles ; and at I II 

 double silver canula, c, for 

 containing the two ends of 

 horse hair or fibre, constitut- 

 ing the loop. 



The cost of these instru- 

 ments in New York, is near- 

 ly as follows : 



Those who are not par- 

 ticularly nice about the mat- 1 

 ter, may use a cheap pen- 1 

 knife instead of the scalpel, 

 and may obtain the other 

 instruments of a cheaper con- 

 struction, so that the whole 

 will not cost more than half [ 

 the sum indicated above. 



The cockerels intended foil 

 capons should be of the larg- 

 est breeds, as the Dorking, 

 the Bucks-County, Cochin-| 

 China, or the great Malay. 

 They may be operated upon 

 at any time after they are a mon th old, though at an 



FORCEPS, SPOON, AND CANULA. 



