Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-01-26
ceeD PAT cAPeS.

rs it not about time for caponsr
reporter Of the New York Word asked
tne proprietor Of one of the large
almost, )" was the answer. 81 expect
10 serve mp this prime favorite Of the
epicure in q few days. It is always
greatly sought after by those who under
stand what good living is. I think Sid
nsy smith must have had capon when
ne said, Fate can not harm me; l have
dined today
What do you have 70 pay for espon
When Il 6fst comesF
II have given a. much a. sixty cents
Per pound Tor IL, and have been elad to
gss II at that price; but II you want to
nnd out all about ths bird 20 70 o,e Of
the larRs poultry yards on the Hudson
f1ver OF in New Jersey and SEQ for your
Following this advice, the reporter
visited z poultry yard IN Brick Church,
NJ. The farm is pleasantly situated
ana contains many novel expsdisnts
Iof the hatching and raising Of chickens.
Six incubators are placed in row in .
room where the temperature 10 kept At
~ degrees. They are all furnished with
an improved thermostat bar, which Ia
extremely sentative. These thermostats
are connected with electric bells in the
sleeping room Of tho manager. The
doors and windows Of tbs houses are all
connected with burglar alarm in the
same room, 60 that chicken thief
would receive warm reception should
ne endeever to force an entrance.
10 avoid any change Of Temperature
which would damage or kill the eggs, an
attendant 10 awakened by the ringing Of
machine which u IN fault, and steps are
at once taken to restore the tempera-
ture to tbs right degree.
Matching eggs by Incubator q suoCeasT'
the reporter asked tbs manager.
II do, for larger percentage of chick
ems are hatched in this way than by the
hen. The incubator cannot break the
eggs and viii not neglect them or des
troy the chickens BY exposure to fthe
heat or cold"
What percentage do you obtain BY
artificial hatohinQ?"
From 60 10 50 per cent. Of the eggs
are Matched. The eggs arc tested By
holding them to very powerful light
ON the fifth day, when the embryo, if
the egg be fertile, can easily be detected.
The unfertile and clear eggs are then
removed. The chickens are kent forty
eight hours without food. Their frst
food consists of hard boiled eggs
chopped fine. After this they are fed
generously and kept growing till the
sexes can be determined. The time
taken to mature them varies in different
breeds, about three months being the
usual period. The puilets are then sep
aratsd from the cockerels, and the best
marked are raised for fancy stock, and
whom full-grown sell for from 3to $3.50
tho. The remaining pullets ar6 cold
a. spring chickens or broilers, and weigh
from two and Q half to three pounds
per pair. They will sell in the early
spring for from $l.50 to q per pair.
Later they are SOLD by the pound. The
cookerels are all caponized."
do you sell many oap0nsS
Eyes; raise a. many Of my fowls -
! can for this purpose. I lind they pay
me better than anything else. The
capon 10 considered the greatest delica-
cy in the world, and will always bring q
good price. Tho capon at the end of
eight TO ten months will weigh from
eight to fifteen pounds, and il costs to
raiss about $1.3O per bird"
"When does the oapon first appear in
tho market2"
Late in tho fall. and il il then worth
fr0w4O 70 ~ cents pound. Il after
ward declines to about IS cents Per
pound, SO that q profit Of over 200 Per
cent. can b made out of them"
"DO you think that it is possible to
obtain these birds at all seasons Of the
year?''
Eyes; I can supply them all the year
round. This, of course, can only b
done BY hatching and rearing them by
artificial means. have nov running
about 1000 ospons, and ! attribute all
my success to hard work, constant care
and the inoubatiuQ machine"
do you have any difficulty in capon-
izinR blrdsT'
mo. Ny method il very simple, and
IL proper care be taken very few birds
are lost. Af.er the operation the birds
whole nature and constitution seem to
change; they expand. lose their comb
and wattles, and often their plumaRe
will fade; they increase rapidly In
weight, and their fesh becomes delicate,
tender and delicious"
Are capons harder to raise and moro
sensitive to disease than other birds2"
II have never found them %. Clean
liness, light and proper ventilation,
warmth and shelter in winter, and reg
ulArity in feeding, are all that are re-
Quirod for their successful rearing"
"Do the hotels and restaurants require
many oap0ns?'
ayes; Delmonico's, the Brunswick,
and all the firat- Olass hOtAla. have 4 CON-
Obliged TO pay large prices to obtain
them"