50 CAPONS FOR PROFIT. 
is necessary. Leave the hen to her meditations for 
24 or 30 hours, or longer, after which time she will 
sit contentedly for two months, leaving the nest 
only for food and drink. Take away the artificial 
eggs, and put those under you wish for chickens. 
When these are hatched, remove the young birds 
and replace with fresh eggs.”’ 
Now we will press the capon into service, making 
him serve as brooder. The writer already quoted, 
says in the same journal: ‘‘Choose a large, fine 
capon, not too young. Envelop his 
as ener, head in your hand, and puff into his 
mouth and gills smoke from a to- 
bacco pipe, the stronger the pipe the better. Shake 
the cock’s head after each blowing, repeating for 
five or six times until the bird seems unconscious; 
then place him on the young chickens and set the 
box in a dark corner for some six or eight hours, or 
until the next morning, when this hypnotized capon 
will carry and care for these young birds like a hen. 
In my hands this has proved eminently successful, 
and I commend the process to all.” 
