Show kT TURKEY BREEDING A Little xperlrnc That Produced Satla factor Urialta I breed Ibo Bronze 11 says a writer In Tho roncicrn nevi ow ai they aro my favorilM lathe fnllI select tho very test hens I hare mate thorn to aTom a-Tom oithcr 0110 Ive raided for ILL pOI IIOBO or lia o purctiiised tq breed from 1 think tho best way ia i to select a number num-ber of young lioui incitn thorn with this bent Tom you can afford rind keep them ns breeders for three or lode years without with-out making any chiuiRC unless III Is to purchase more hens lit this way you euro the extra expense of jpnrchofiing a ben111gtbol mal every year IJesitlcs It Is nil the better for your Hock Iho election of the Lest and strongest cannot be cm phasi7ed too much for If you would havo healthy and vlKcrolH turkeys yon must bavo the Eaton qnulity lu yonr breeding stock I If now blood were brought Into the t J ttfo flock every year there X Mould bofower complaints of young tnrkoys being t del CnfI 7hl 1 r1 icuto Tlio truth In that then birds hnvo been too much Inbred liio easiest and quickest remedy for Ibo trpublo is I the Introduction of wild blood vTbidigives this dcefrod stamina When tho young tnrls nro first batched batch-ed they liko chickens rujnlro no food I for this first 24 hours but tho mother tlionH bo given n little corn to keep heron her-on tho nest Afterward feed them come milk curd squeezed dry or bread dipped but not soaked lu milk or slightly moistened with egg Later on they may II 08 fh 7 bo given temps from tlict LOUEO wheat I corn bread and green boats AIny food on a clean board and llow them ns much as tbey will cat up clean In tho sp ico of n qmrtcr of anhour Tor tho flrft threo weeks they should bo fed l tbrco or fonr times a day afterword throe times daily will fnlBcc Of course they mnstbo supplied with plenty of water and gravel As soon as the forks stem strong and tho weather la I bright and warm they may bo allowed to rainblo about but most bo got homo nt might or lu cuso of a shower as damp la I extremely fatal I to them After they reach tho ttago known ns shooting tho red they aro barely and need bnt Ilttlo attention Hut for tho first threo months they need to bo well cared for Lice arc as fatal 08 damp 10 young birds As soon ns they are hatched l the ben elionld l bo examined for lice which are certain to to transmitted to tho ronng CDS This largo lice will bofonud I on the head neck under the wing and also on Ibo flight to ithen around Ibo quills on Iho n lug A Ilttlo oil or molted molt-ed gioaso should be well ratified In and Ibo bin thoroughly dusted with mulT or Insect powder The name elionld bo done to the lurk wbon they nro about n neck old nod a drop of oil robbed on their beads This should bo applied with discretion dis-cretion SB too much greaho la fatal to them Turkeys ore great foragers and cannot bo kept in confinement After Ibo lint tbrco months they should bo glvon absolute abso-lute freedom About a month bcforo marketing they khould bo fed liberally with ns much corn us they will eat Old corn should always bo used us greet corn is indigestible und often retards fattening fat-tening if it 1 does not rauso actual loss |