| Show I J HAVE CONTROL OF or orTHE THE TURKEY FLOCK Need Free Range Before the LaYing Season Starts It Is la Important that the turl turkey ey breeding flock be bo well controlled durIng the season of e egg production free rree range may be allowed until about n It month before the birds start hying h Ing As this time approaches ad a correspondent In Success Successful ful ul I 1 arming they are best Lest put under on cn onder der control so that their of stealing away to nest does docs not cause cauce a serious loss of valuable hatching eggs In tho north well managed ed tur turkeys h keys s start to lay early In the sprIng Therefore It Is well to place the breeding flock lock under control early and fee feed a good laying mash Man Manage Manage ran age It the same came as a flock of laying chIckens should bo b managed Provide as large n a range as ns pos possible sILle sible so long as It keeps the birds under control and does not allow them to steal away to nest A good shelter Is necessary for them whIle the weather Is still cold and but as the season s gro warmer they may mav be allowed to roost In an open shed protected from rom storms A successful method of encouraging encouraging encouraging aging early carly e egg g production from tur turkeys turkeys keys heys Is to provide lights for Cor the breeding flock the same as for forchic chic ens So long as the weather Is bad all feeding and water equipment equip equIp- equIpment equipment ment should be kept Indoors and cleaned often After that It Is well to keep the feed and water supply away from Crom the buildings bests ests for turl eys may be made of barrels r f little lUe ittie individual huts roomy enough to be comfortable are also alco satisfactory Broody turl turf eys cys are much easier to break breh up than broody chickens Confinement for one to three usually cures them of the notion after which they soon resume layIng lay layIng laying Ing A good turkey will III lay be be- between between between tween 33 35 and 40 eggs by May Slay 15 |
