caponize
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Behind his action lay some farfetched reasoning that the chemical used to caponize young chickens and make them into capettes or caponettes might conceivably induce cancer in the consumer.
From Time Magazine Archive
The best time to caponize the cockerel is when he weighs between two or three pounds.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.
Thus artificially caponized, the fowl gain weight faster than surgically castrated birds.
From Time Magazine Archive
Can three to four month old cockerels be caponized successfully in summer, and if so, what care, feed, etc., do they require afterwards?
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson
Size is equally important as age, and a bird to be caponized should not weigh more than one and a half pounds.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson
We saw dozens of broods of chickens, and one or two of young guinea-fowl, being taken care of by caponized bantams, game-cocks, and cochin-chinas.
From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Theodore Roosevelt
Some assert that caponized cocks are never afterward subject to the natural process of moulting; but this is denied by others.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Robert Jennings
The breeds suitable for caponizing are the Asiatics and Americans.
From The Dollar Hen by Milo M. (Milo Milton) Hastings
The operation of caponizing is performed by cutting in between the last two ribs.
From The Dollar Hen by Milo M. (Milo Milton) Hastings
In Banawi of the Quiangan area, south of Bontoc, one may find large capons, but Bontoc does not understand caponizing.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Albert Ernest Jenks
On several farms in Massachusetts, 500 to 1,000 capons are raised annually, and on one farm 5,000 cockerels are held for caponizing.
From The Dollar Hen by Milo M. (Milo Milton) Hastings
The purpose of caponizing is not, as is sometimes stated, to increase the size of the chicken, but to improve the quality of the meat.
From The Dollar Hen by Milo M. (Milo Milton) Hastings
