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POULTRY PRODUCTION 



"The tools needed are four in number, and may be pur- 

 chased from any poultry supply house or veterinary instru- 

 ment company at from %?> to $G per set. A sharp knife is 

 necessary for making the incision. A pocket-knife will do 

 if it is sharp. A spreader is needed to keep the incision open 



Fig. 



Cockerel in place on caponizing talJe. (Courtesy of Kansas Agricultural 

 Experiment Station.) 



while working. A probe tliat is blunt at one end and has 

 a sharp bent point at the other is used in pushing the intes- 

 tines aside to expose the organs and in tearing the thin 

 membranes that surround the body cavity. And finally, 

 there must be an instrument for removing the testicles. 

 Tiicre are sc\eral difi'crent instruments made for this purpose, 



