374 POULTRY BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT 



be stated that capons, canned in France, are for sale in the 

 large cities of this country and at high prices. If cockerels 

 are to be kept till the fall it will pay the farmer to caponize 

 them and keep them till January or February, when the 

 market is good for roasting chickens. Capons are quiet 

 and docile, do not crow or fight, and sometimes make ex- 

 cellent mothers for chicks. 



