Show TURKEYS RAISED IN CO CONFINEMENT Idea That Large Laige Lm ge Fields Are Needed Disproved The poultry of the l h inin 1118 State Stute I c recently rl some slime or work urk on ft feed r consumption and ami t lost ios 01 of raising S In III c Ar- Ar Ap tin the hie idea Ill it lint turkeys tures require large e fields for r In 1 has hns been des od pros ed d K E l M 11 I mink link oho ho conducted tills this or tt it the he Penns State but bill h oho hi i Is now noly with the poultry It r of theU the U e of A 4 the tie with turkeys ns fie for fol follos s o s lo lots s 1 Th The t er 1 of the tones toms at 24 4 C necks s us nos us lU 10 pounds and the Holland turns toms U IG oJ pt nt at the came ame age 2 1 I hL Ix rite rate of lIf th io nas as v greater rt iter Iler than tint that heretofore reported 3 The and grain per bird for the first 24 14 Meeks nas as 8 UP pounds findra find and ra 1 pounds for forthe forthe t 1 the and hite hite Carle arle ties arle ties rr h J v 4 The feel feed lost cost of producing a pound of gain n tins ns 19 14 j 7 cents fur the Brome and cents for the hite Ool 5 s the birds approached maturi maturity ty the lie feed ed to produce a pound of limn from rom 2 G to 7 71 pounds 0 C Tile The protein intake remained fit at ata nta a 8 high level lc until the lie eighteenth week varying around 20 O per cent from the die cl eighteenth to the t twenty enty fourth week the lie level le decreased ed from rom per cent to 14 8 per cent 7 More lore then Inn IJ 13 per cent of all nil tur IE Lets Let's S started here ere ere raised to marl et age 8 The loss from blood and feather dres dressing ln for or the males wis nas ts 95 per percent percent percent cent for the females per cent The full ull drawn n n IH birds showed shoved sho cd a total shrinkage of 24 2 12 2 and 21 j 7 per cent for the lie miles males and females re theli pee pee- th timely el These differences are due to size not to sex sexy y IJ I 1 nellen rl et birds bird were here pro pro- produced produced produced In complete confinement |