. Capons for profit. How to make and how to manage them. Plain instructions given by a beginner for the beginner. Capons and caponizing. OPERATING TABLES. 21 two inches wide, more than large enough to accom- modate the cockerel and leave plenty of room for the tools, and yet light enough to be easily shifted about for the sake of getting the light just right upon the work. I fastened some narrow cleats with screws all along the margin of the right-handed half. Fig. 2. Greiner's Operating Tabi/E. of the table, thus rendering this part a safe place for the tools and accessories. At the middle of
. Capons for profit. How to make and how to manage them. Plain instructions given by a beginner for the beginner. Capons and caponizing. OPERATING TABLES. 21 two inches wide, more than large enough to accom- modate the cockerel and leave plenty of room for the tools, and yet light enough to be easily shifted about for the sake of getting the light just right upon the work. I fastened some narrow cleats with screws all along the margin of the right-handed half. Fig. 2. Greiner's Operating Tabi/E. of the table, thus rendering this part a safe place for the tools and accessories. At the middle of the opposite (shorfi side, screwed into the edge, is a screw-eye or hook, which holds the loop of twine after the latter is slipped around the wings of the victim next to its body. Its legs are held by a strip of board, which is padded with flannel on the under side, and weighted on top with a piece of iron or a brick securely fastened with wire or twine. One end of this lever is cut in convenient shape for a handle, while the other has a cleat which simply hooks over a longer cleat screwed fast upon the table. This arrangement allows the lever to be moved sideways, according to the size of the fowl, or entirely taken off when the table is not in use. The cleats may also be removed by taking out the screws, and the table be pat back where it belongs, in kitchen, buttery or 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-. [Buffalo, Haas & Klein]
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