The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-01
About The Farm

a bunch around the hOck. Ihls lS the
Characteristic dress OF the cap0n so
that It can be distinguished on the
market as such For a brief time the
cockere and the capOn make equal
growth. but the quiet disposition 0i
the capOn soon causes him % make o
more rapid aud larger grown a
cockerel after he Is seven on elgat
months o,d Deeames what we term
Stacy while the capon does not
Capons In season bring from lSc TO
zoe pound In An established market
The season for cap0ns Is from Christ
mas to March Is makes il necessary,
therefore ii we wish 90 secure capons
Of large size to get them hatched
early
The question now arises What
breeds are best to cap0ni2e ANY oi
the larger breeds are all right 10
caponize. The general marked at the
present time wishes a yellow skin
wlfh light pin feathers. The black
Langshans have n white skin and
black pinfeathers and are nor as de-
sirable as the hode island Reds the
Plymouth Rock or the Wyandottes. 1t
does not pay TO caponi2e birds @ the
lighter breeds
The time to oaponize is when you
can distinguish the cOckere|s from
the pullets and is generally when they
are from one and one-haH pounds 20
TWO and 0ue-half pounds IN weight
or from two to three months in age.
IL IS not advisable to try to caponiae
IA &c al
In order to perform the operation in
the best possible manner the birds
should be starved at least thirty-siX
I hours If you do not starve the bird
4 the intestines are crowded fun OF
material and You cannot perform the
/ operation as successfully as if the
+ bird has been starved The instru-
ments used in caponizing are four in
number. First, the knife which is
I used for making the mcision, second.
1 the spreader to hold the opening
apart third the hook to tear the
membrane which surrounds the en-
trails fourth, the instrument used for
removing the testicles Some ar
rangement should be made upon
which to place the bird A barrel or
a box may he used for this purpose.
The legs and wings OF the bird should
I be securely fastened and this may be
done BY placing a loop about the legs
with a weight and allowing it to hang
over the box or barrel and another
loop, placed around the wings close
up to the body and weight fastened
and allowed to hang over the other
be Hrtx ba 10 81
be OF sufficient size so ais to stretch
the bird out i is often desirable to
bore holes in the box or barrel and
have the weight hang underneath
This. however, is unimpnrtant just sd
we have the bird securely fastened
After placing the bird into position
wet down the feathers on the side
and 1t viii be necessary TO remove a
few With the left hand pun the Skin
over the hip rs tightly as possible anc
with the right hand make a quick
clean cut ineison between the las
two ribs The incision need not bt
more than an inch on an inch ant
One-half in length. Place the spread
ers in the incision and spread ON
widely enough so as TO lei in enough
light and give YOU enough room tC
WORK TO advantage. II is necessary tt
take the hook and break he sur
rounding membrane before the testi
Gle can be seen Take the instutmen
la Tie right hand carefully insert
around the testicle being very cureiu
not to tear or break the blood vesse
living directly underneath When th,
instrument has been placed over RIA
testcle carefully draw it out remog
ing il from the body cavity II is no
necessary TO do any cutting but on
should be very careful 90 remove al
OF the testicle A person who ha
become efficient may remove bot
testicles from one side bat for th
beginner it is better go make AN ir
, cisiOn ON both sides and remove on
testicle from each side
There are ou the market severa
. different kinds of Instruments FOR rC
moving the tesiiclcs but the one tha
seems TO give the best satisfaction J.
an instrument that bias TWO jaws reg
, .uated by slide With this ustfJ
ment the teshcie is caught In th
. scoop Rth the cord between the JAS
. and gently moving the insIrumen
outward tine cord s severed and .f
/ testcle removed 90 is NOS necessar
Go disinfect The wound. though ON
. should be- yery careful not to ailo'
/ foreign matter OF any kind 90 ram int
, thc body cavity If tae operator na
/ pulled fhe skin tightly back beiur
5 MAILING the incisi0n when the bird
. taken OF from che table the wound
d entirely covered over.
To Is best 10 isolate The birds taa
> have been capoHi1ed lrom the rest g
, the dock for short time, eiFin
/. them some soft food that Is readi'
; ligested The cap0ns should De fed
: growing ration until about Sis @
& eight weeks before they are 10
fauened for market. and then snou
be placed ou a fareu.ng ration -
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