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tween the cost of food and the market value was 

 two and one-half times as great as for the cockerels. 

 In some markets and more generally in recent 

 years better relative prices have prevailed for such 

 poultry as well-fed cockerels, so this difference 

 found at the time in favor of capons would often be 

 much smaller. 



