. Capons for profit: how to make and how to manage them. Plain instructions given by a beginner for the beginner. Capons and caponizing. THE OPEUATION. 31. Fig. 12. Location of Bibs. half or two inches in a slight curve, then take a sudden turn upward toward the breast. Usually the "joints" in the two ribs appear plainly and prominently. Just look for the two slightly raised, whitish, almost knob-like spots. Often the two ribs lie quite closely together, and perhaps the end of the muscle —a fiat layer of flesh —extends over them. An examination of Fig. 12 will give you a pretty clear
. Capons for profit: how to make and how to manage them. Plain instructions given by a beginner for the beginner. Capons and caponizing. THE OPEUATION. 31. Fig. 12. Location of Bibs. half or two inches in a slight curve, then take a sudden turn upward toward the breast. Usually the "joints" in the two ribs appear plainly and prominently. Just look for the two slightly raised, whitish, almost knob-like spots. Often the two ribs lie quite closely together, and perhaps the end of the muscle —a fiat layer of flesh —extends over them. An examination of Fig. 12 will give you a pretty clear idea where to look for the spot. Here the loca- tion of ribs is plainly shown. The dotted line be- tween the last two ribs is the right place for making the incision. Now proceed by taking the knife in the right hand as shown in Fig. 13. Then with the left hand, Fig. 13. HOLDING THE KNIFE. reacMng over the right, push the skin and muscle from the bared spot toward the hip and hold it there. Observe the two whitish little spots which form the joints of the last two ribs, and set the point of the knife right between them, making an incision by a quick dip, at the same time slightly drawing the knife between the two ribs toward the back bone. The length of the incision should be about one inch. With the intestines nearly empty there is no danger of injury to them, even if the. 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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