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object that may have fallen on or among the intes- 
Fig. 6. Parrk OF NIPPERS. 
tines. Almost any ordinary small nippers will 
answer the purpose. 
The set should also contain a small, sharp steel 
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Fig. 7. STEEL HooK. 
hook (Fig. 7) and a probe (Fig. 8). The former is 
used to tear open the thin, film-like 
Hook membrane which envelops the intestines; 
and Probe. E 
the latter to push the intestines back 
when crowding over the testicle, or in the search for 
any object fallen among the intestines. 
The most important of all caponizing implements, 
however, is the canula, with which to catch and re- 
move the testicles. Spoon nippers or forceps are 
Fig. 8. PROBE. 
often used in place of a canula, but they are not 
safe in the hands of a beginner, and I would not use 
them under any circumstances. .To operate on 
small (two-pound) cockerels of breeds that have not 
the worm-like testicles of the Brahma, I prefer the 
canula with horse-hair (Fig. 9) as I find it in the set 
obtained from George Q. Dow, North Ep- 
ping, N. H. This is a brass tube about 
four inches long, a quarter of an inch wide at the 
Can 
