Show DRESSED TURKEYS SWELL PROFITS cooperative co operative project in nebraska Is success prepared by bv the th united atmo to op a or t agriculture increased profits from turkey grow ing ang as the hie result 0 of operative cooperative co marketing of the dressed fowls has proved an incentive to farmers in the north platte irrigation district in nebraska marketing dressed tur fur keys in car lots sais D 11 of the bureau of r al ics acs in ill tile the yearbook ot 0 t the states department of 0 agrico t tire Is I 1 s one of the lie most practical of co opera tive live marketing projects the growers in it county or dis tract ar mr cripps explains rioter deter mines approximately the nuil ther ol of turkeys turkey available for sale represent atiles of the growers zot ii in tuh much with prospective buyers and receive from them sealed bids arr at opened at a stated time tile the entire number Is then sold to the highest bidder who then fixes the dute dates ou which he be wishes the dressed birds tn I 1 be delivered the farmers dress dres the turkeys tile the day before delivery and coot cool them thein overnight on the tann s the birds are weighed guided nna paid tor for ns tl they ure are delivered the bears all expenses find ns as all responsibility offer after the birds are received turkey growers realize from 50 U cents to 1 tor for the labor ot of dressing this represents from 15 to 20 per cent ceni of the value of the turkey and Is fully three fifths us as much as the entire feeo feed cost of raising and fattening the birds in the north platte di in 1927 the growers sold nearly birds and netted about tor for the work ot of dressing at turkey dressing time neighbors often change work and it if one grower Is inexperienced he can usually 7 get a neighbor to show him the best method of dressing the birds bird farm dressing Is usually better done than in commercial establishments establishment and buyers consider this when bidding for the turkey crop the fact that i turkeys move to market so largely just in advance of thanksgiving and christmas is a point favoring the co operating sellers before winter sets in clean up poultry house before winter sets in the poultry house should de be given a thorough denning cleaning all the old filth should be removed the walls etc brushed domn an and the place made as clean as physically possible this should r then be followed with a drenching with a good gond disinfectant dk in ID tact fact if 11 miles were present the house should be sprayed with kerosene oil emulsion and the roosts boosts and parts adjacent should be pointed painted with crank else case oil or a similar product thorough treatment now may prevent the mites miles hibernating and causing trouble next spring and summer the cleaning and infecting disinfecting dis process should not be confined to tile the walls and root coot nut bu also to the floor one advantage ol of the concrete floor Is that it can be easily cleaned 1 it I the poultry house tins not had its tall fall clean up it should be done at once ro lo put PUI pullets into unclean quarters and to needlessly expose them to disease la is to court trouble its another case of the ounce of prevention insulation of curtains to keep out icy winds all thul thai can he done to the farm poultry house in the way ot of tion con or storm curtains or banking around the outside will tend to keep at out the icy lc winds and hold in the bird heal hea to make the pullets more comfortable but ventilation en hat on must mus not be reduced to a point thai makes the he house damp A damp clamp house bouse always seems seem colder than a dry ventilated house at the same tempera tue lure dampness seems to be a cause 0 of colds and low vitality and both conditions condition may cause roup or of at least a low per cent of egg production helps avoid worms one authority hat has stated that thai bornis have very icide chance of ab b aved ln est tl kalning a foothold in chickens that tha SS have a ars gizzard well tilled ith in soluble grit chis authority claims that t if all all eggs aud and cysts ot of the worms are ground and damaged so much by a gizzard gird full ot of grinding material mi erla that thai nu no worm infestation results at A any ante it t hurt to see sec that thai tt the young growing stock Is given plenty penty of coarse insoluble grit and pure fresh water cooping cooking one rooster the rhe fir arl of cooking cooping I 11 one oe laje bird in ID a pen cit tsay twenty fowls s and telling 8 the alternate nard run with the flock jay and day about is better allowing 8 tile two ars birins to run together s it has been found hov how Levet t that the cooking cooping of 01 tile s male in the s pen excites x 11 so much that instead of resting and gaining strength the opposite effect Is noted ohp ka resting bird should be S cooped p out ul of 1 sight W of the pen it will md feed bet beter er |