. Capons for profit: how to make and how to manage them. Plain instructions given by a beginner for the beginner. Capons and caponizing. 30 CAPONS FOR PHOFIT. tim on his left side upon tlie table, as shown in Fig. 11. Next to the hip, and where, in a lean bird, the. Pio. 11. Bird Ready tor Opebation. ribs show quite plainly, you find a spot which, be- cause usually covered by the wings, is almost bare. There may be a dozen or two of pin feathers. These should be pulled out. Take hold of them between thumb and index finger, not one by one, but as many as you can take, and deftly pull them out.
. Capons for profit: how to make and how to manage them. Plain instructions given by a beginner for the beginner. Capons and caponizing. 30 CAPONS FOR PHOFIT. tim on his left side upon tlie table, as shown in Fig. 11. Next to the hip, and where, in a lean bird, the. Pio. 11. Bird Ready tor Opebation. ribs show quite plainly, you find a spot which, be- cause usually covered by the wings, is almost bare. There may be a dozen or two of pin feathers. These should be pulled out. Take hold of them between thumb and index finger, not one by one, but as many as you can take, and deftly pull them out. Don't be nervous. Go at it as if you meant business. If you are quick and determined about it, the re- moval of these small feathers does not cause much inconvenience to the bird, for the latter never makes any fuss over it. The spot thus cleared need not be more than one and one half inches in diameter. At this stage of the proceedings I take the sponge out of the water, squeeze most of the water out of it, and then wipe it over the chicken's side. This is not absolutely necessary, but it moistens the feathers around the bare spot, and keeps them better out of the way. Now comes the incision. The right place to cut is between the last two ribs; that is, the two ribs next to the hip. In a lean chicken they are easily recognized, and often they are very prominent. They extend from the back-bone for an inch and a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Greiner, Tuisco, 1846-. La Salle, N. Y. T. Greiner
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