16 CAPONS FOR PROFIT. 
the bird’s brain, causing instant paralysis and in- 
sensibility before the stripping process begins. 
In short, the person whom I would like to induce 
to turn mischievous, worthless cockerels into peacea- 
ble and valuable capons, is the cne who is impressed 
with the necessity and advantages of the operation; 
who has faith in his abilities, an ordinary amount 
of mechanical dexterity and nerve, a little energy 
and perseverance, and is in possession of the tools 
needed for the operation. This man is neither a 
sensitive weakling nor a cruel brute. 
People too morbidly sensitive to use the knife on 
a live bird; people with clumsy fingers, people with- 
out proper tools, or people who are brutes, are the 
people whom I would wish to keep their hands off 
this business. 
