Show I 1 I I 1 4 How j 44 L Poultry Raise Baise By Dr L L D LeGear V S St SSt t St Louts Mo I Dr L isa Is a Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary ry College I 1 1992 1692 Thirty six Thirty six years of I II inary practice on diseases of I stock and poultry Eminent Emment au au- au authority t on poultry and stock raising Nationally known pout paul I I try breeder No ed author and andI f I popular lecturer andi i I I I WOY R HOW TO START A 11 TURKEY FLOCK FLOCH F LOG THE WA WAl TO BEGIN IS TO D BEGIN GI BUT DUT A I 1 mv CW CAUTIONS W ILL ILL HELP OVER COME COE FEARS OF TILE THE OVER CAUTIOUS Judging from letters received from m of or these articles the subject ot of turkey raising is uppermost In the minds ot of thousands of or people Therefore In Answer to numerous requests I am going go goIng gIng Ing to 10 devote desote tle ote two or three more articles a to tint that subject Turkey raising is profitable It Is not nearly so difficult as most people Imagine True the tho number of or turkeys s produced on farms in the United Stat StatIn States ijas had a steady decline for the last Like the tho recent slump shim or of ortho forty Corty Yf years rs the tho stock market It would appear the bottom has been reached and I am h hope hope- hopeful tul ful that turkey will about race face and regain its lis lost prestige Two things tend lend to discourage the raising of ot turkeys turkeys One is the tho dread ot of the disenso known ari Blackhead The Theother Theother other is the Idea that turkeys must have i a wide vide range ot or ground to 10 roam on I I shall discuss both ot or these th subjects In subsequent articles and at- at attempt a tempt to show how Blackhead can be avoIded and to correct the Idea that t hat turkeys cannot be ho raised railed In confinement nt But Dut first let us consider some of or the essential things in starting a turkey lUrkey lur y flock fiock In selecting i a breed to size and weight for should be given Iven for lor meat n raised arc are after aCler all turkeys s production The Bronze variety v sc seems It I is 19 to be bo the most popular ot or Its ltd size sometimes r called the Mammoth Bro Other popular bree breeds s sr r ire the th W bite I 1101 I I ol- ol I land Bourbon anu called the There are two t other v Black Dlack and Slate but they ire re not gIven much consideration in the United tS smaller than the others because they are to start a tur- tur turkey turkey t There ire re three ways s by buying hatchIng key flock One Is Another Is to purchase baby b eggs third is the purchase or of and the adult breeding stock Under 1 favorable for or turkeys circumstances you Ou can have ha market the first year If It you start with breeding stock Block take I Ie possible to see that precaution e every ery your adult turks are tree free from disease dl ci Ex them carefully for tor size and build Breeding stock should have h large largo frames Crames broad backs and big full breasts See that the tho legs are sturdy stu and set well apart I I It hardly seems necessary to poInt of or purebred stock out the advantage I The initial cost may be a little hIgher but It costs no more to raise a 0 pure pure- purebred purebred bred than a mongrel and the sale both bothof bothof beof for tor hat hat- hatching hatching of birds for tor breeding and eggs the dit ching will more thin tb make up terence ference A good time to get in tn tho the turkey bust busl bustness especially It If you follow tollow the ness neBS is now plan of or starting with breeding stock sto Large Lar e numbers of or turkeys are r raJa r raised sed tor Cor or Christmas s markets market One Ond On f Ui mistakes made by many turk Is that the best birds arc are taken to mar mar- market market ket and the smaller stock kept for tor breeding purposes Do not try to in the begin begin- beginning beginning ning Start in a small way and dev dev- develop develop elop gradually I Again I say turkey raising is a n profitable prof- prof business tl tI should be one of or our leading activities along with chIckens and ond 11 live e stock stoc The turkey is a native product tI tl Is as American as the eagle cator or the buffalo New wealth will still be added to the agricultural cotters ot of the United States once the turkey takes Its rightful place in the poultry world Copyright 1929 by Dr L D LeGear V S I |