. Commercial poultry raising;. Poultry. 360 COMMERCIAL POULTRY RAISING of which only a very small percentage are required for breeding purposes. Therefore, as a simple business principle, if we must raise surplus cockerels, we should strive to convert them into a profit, if only as a by-product. And if caponizing will bring this about, it is the strongest argument in favor of the practice. Since the poultry department at Cornell University has been. (Courtesy U. S. Dep't Agriculture) Fig. 234.—Capons dressed for market. Conventional method of picking; the birds, however, are not in perfect con
. Commercial poultry raising;. Poultry. 360 COMMERCIAL POULTRY RAISING of which only a very small percentage are required for breeding purposes. Therefore, as a simple business principle, if we must raise surplus cockerels, we should strive to convert them into a profit, if only as a by-product. And if caponizing will bring this about, it is the strongest argument in favor of the practice. Since the poultry department at Cornell University has been. (Courtesy U. S. Dep't Agriculture) Fig. 234.—Capons dressed for market. Conventional method of picking; the birds, however, are not in perfect condition of flesh. caponizing their surplus males, it has added several hundred dollars a year to the net profits. Not only are better prices re- ceived for capons, but there is an increase in weight over the nor- mal state for the same age and under precisely the same care and feeding. In the same length of time it is possible to raise capons that will weigh almost a half more than they would have weighed. 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 Roberts, Howard Armstrong, 1885- [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, D. McKay
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