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the cockerels for small roasters. True, the fact that they are 

 Leghorns will always discount the highest prices, yet if they are 

 properly fattened and neatly dressed their returns will be pretty 

 nearly commensurate with their cost of production. 



Quarters. — Some breeders argue against the idea of keeping 

 surplus cockerels for the reason that they cannot provide suitable 

 living quarters for them. Admitting that the poultryman's 



(Courtesy Million Egg Farm) 

 Fig. 229. — Killing and dressing broilers — surplus cockerels. 



space is limited, the cockerels come along at a time when it is 

 usually advisable to dispose of some of the older fowls for meat, 

 especially the breeding males, whereupon, by combining other 

 pens, there will be left one or more empty pens for the accommo- 

 dation of the cockerels. See Fig. 225. Before the breeding 

 season opens again, or before these pens are required by the pul- 

 lets, the cockerels will have been sold or used on the home table. 

 Quality Counts. — Many a consignment of poultry has brought 



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