Show REQUIRE PLENTY OF RANGE once upon a time every cry farm family anil ad its flock of turkeys which supplied plenty of birds for the home i table anti wine some for lie tables of if thol ll who atvea in ili tile the town burkey rills nils ins lit in recent years ears however tills luis le IP cn canned cren ned sed of tho innon reasons real sons for tills till decline being that as tile 1 popular lop 1111 1 i lion ion of tile lio country famila become more intensive mul and tile aren suitable for turkey calsing was re ducody turkeys require plenty of range in order to thrive many farmers fan ners however liow ter still con sitter turkeys it profitable side line on tile farin rind shout tile lie first arst of october begin to consider how flow to put more lesli on their turkey lock flock I 1 during tile summer and early fail t turkeys ciui call find nn an of feed on the average farm f arni grasshoppers and other insect insects st weed anti grass seeds green vegetation henrics anti grain brain picked up lip in the fields nil fill go 90 to make up the turkeys turkey s daily ration when tills natural food feed Is plentiful very little need be added until fattell frig tinie except for tile purpose or of bringing tile turkeys every night to roost arid to keep them from tying front from colne holne for tills this purpose one feed of grain every night just before roost ing time Is lelent in flitt flattening ening turkeys for the market an excellent pitin Is to begin about october I 1 to feed night anti and morning feeding only so BO much nt at it tittle time that the birds go anway a little hungry li and gradually Inc increasing rensing the quantity until they are given till all they will clear clean up lip tile lie week before marketing by tile the latter fed ing Is gentit that they hoy are fed until they leave the feed find walk awny some turkey feed wheat oats during the first part of the fill fat toning season gradually changing to corn us ns the weather becomes cooler the majority however begin feeding heavily on corn about november I 1 and since turkeys tire arc not accustomed accustom to such heavy feeding scours often result especially if now new corn Is used new corn corn can be fed safety safely it if tile turkeys tire are gradually accustomed to it by feeding lightly at first and more diore heavily afterward confining turkeys during t alio lie fattening season to prevent their using so much energy in ranging ling has been tried to some borne extent but with very little success |