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Show FATTEN TURKEYS GRADUALLY Select Desirable Fowls Beforehand and Feed Them Corn Save Best for Breeding. Turkeys will not fatten well In confinement. con-finement. Select tho Thanksgiving offerings beforehnnd, nnd begin to fnt-ten fnt-ten them gradually by feeding more, corn. Too much new corn Is bad for turkeys unless It Is boiled. Ilolled corn Is a good fattener, and will not cause dlnrrheo, ns will an overfeed of Hie new corn. Trent the turkeys for lice, looking especially between tho quill fenthers. Glvo them plenty of grit and wnter. If they hnvo not been In the habit of coming home early to feed, drlvo them In. They should nlso be driven out In tho morning If they nro disponed to hntig nbotit the chicken house. Tho exerclso which foraging gives them Is the best health Insurance. Insur-ance. Do not try to fatten tho breeding stock. We wnnt big, rangy birds without with-out too much llesh In Hip breeding pen. Try to separate the breeders heforo fattening fat-tening the sales birds. The heavier birds will be tho most profitable for tho Thanksgiving market, hut do not sncrlllce breeders If turkeys nro to bo raised next spring. Snvo tho breeding Mock from the most vigorous, best birds rown. Choose size and not weight. |