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inflammation which sometimes causes death. The spreaders can be 

 taken out if the examination is complete and the skin will slip back 

 over it and heal in a few days. The fowl can be turned over on the 

 other side, cut made and testicle removed just the same way as the 

 other one. Both testicles can be removed from the same side, but for 

 beginners two incisions are the best, being less difficult and not as dan- 

 gerous to the fowl. Some caponizers, who claim to be authority on 

 caponizing, say that two incisions are the safest for anyone, profes- 

 sional or amateur, and almost the same rapidity can be made. Also, 

 the birds will recover as soon from tAvo cuts as from one. If both 

 testicles are taken out from the same incision, the lower one should 

 be taken out first because the blood runs down, and if the top one is 

 taken out first, the blood would cover the lower one up and you 

 would be unable to see it. After the operation is all completed, the 

 birds should be fed a small amount of food and low roosts should be 

 provided for them for the first two weeks. After the first day, all the 

 feed they can clean up should be given to them. 



THINGS WORTH CONSIDERING IN SUCCESSFUL POULTRY 



FARMING. 



(Prof. C. L. Opperman, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.) 



What a fine beginning we have made in the poultry industry in 

 this country. The egg crop alone is greater in value than the wheat 

 or cotton crop of any year since we have taken the census. It is nine 

 times as valuable as the tobacco crop of the United States, and twice 

 that of the world. Although a great industry, it has not been recog- 

 nized on account of being spread over a large area, for practically 

 ninety per cent of the poultry and eggs are produced on the general 

 farms. The average farmer does not own more than one hundred and 

 fifty acres, and it is the exception to the rule if he keeps more than 

 two hundred and fifty hens. It is mainly because of these reasons 

 that it has not had proper recognition until the last few years. 



Poultry plant craze is spreading all over the country and people 

 are investing many thousands of dollars in starting and equipping 

 large intensive poultry farms. Some of the plants have been fairly 

 successful, while others are a complete failure. As the years go by, 

 however, those who make it a point to watch the progress of such 

 plants are compelled to believe that they are for the most part fail- 

 ures. 



USE PURE-BRED POULTRY. 



Is it not more pleasing to the eye to view a flock of fowls which 

 are uniform in size, shape and color, than to see a flock of mongrels, 

 no two of which are alike? Cull out your mongrels and do every- 

 thing in your power to advance the pure bred stock. It will mean 

 more money for you. 



We will take up the question of egg production, and the trap 

 nest. The object of the trap nest is to procure pedigreed records, or, 

 in other words, the total number of eggs produced by a hen in one 



