| Show Poultry TIII1KL1 MANAGEMENT no in Ser th li h Prlerttnl UrI1r 1 ad hurting Success bocuriiiR a largo number of little turkeys depends upon the winter and spring management It is I however howev-er ono thing to raise largo llodc and another < to put it in tho best bhapa for morkot Ninny old < 1 nail I Fuccolul grow ers are not well up on this end of it If their methods wero Improved and more care taken fit fattening dressing and sorting as well as in packing them ns the trade < demand much better prices would bo received Beginners who have succecelcd fairly well in raising a nock are often Fill ot eawhm itoometo lICe paring them for market Hbo < l Island turkeys tire famous for their quality Same of our readers may remember the appearance lof those turkeys tur-keys exhibited iu tile drcsbcd poultry department of tho Boston how Iu the best m irl ets In Now York city Providence Provi-dence Newport still Boston they lead those from other sections Iu the slime markets they often bring 10 or 12 cents moro than thoFo from till other Flllte except Connecticut About Now yearf ft loading Now YOlk paper quoted Phode Island turlojaat 28 cents and everything else In the tnrkej lino at less than 17 ccals Jlany prov CM aro iuteresteel to knov tho reason It is net their famo iu tho past or because be-cause they tire Scarce that thy sell for tho most it Is en account of their superior su-perior quality Much of this high quill Ity Is I duo to the plump com act breed lug stock ured and to tLo ay it la managed man-aged also to tho euro taken iu I growing and fattening tho OUIII turkeys The pains taken in dressing mid preparing them for bhlrmunt however proUibl does moro than ill clso to give then their high btuudiug Of course you cannot dress a thin I flat bodied long lep cd bird 50 It will cell with tho let but the jlnupest best shaped and most attractive bud In every way previons to killing nuiy bo EO dresscd that it ihust bo classed with that which is Interior Again the haudsoiucEt young turkeys tint aro perfectly dressed It packed along wjth ill deed ones or with touch old loinsnuil heusmust bo elllo1 i with tho latter and go for less than thy nro worth Too many feud nothing but fair to poor flock to market Iu m ui > caws it I Is simply Ixwauso they do not know how to prepnru It 1 bo it will bring all that cm bo got for it fouceetfnl llhodo Island growers ns A rule feed their turkeys from start to finish on northern whlto flint corn which they grow themselves They take great pains to uw nothing but well pen oon1 old corn btCUu they leave found that new corn causes bowel trouble which Is I moro to bo feared 1111 n turkey than any other fowl and Is liable to bo fatal Diarrhea seems to bo moro prev III lit among turkeys than any other disease and a bird that jets bick ia I npt to tile roragiuK in n licit of green oats may give them illarrhcii and much loss Turkeys not only like northern flint corn best and fatten best on it but It makes their flesh moro tender julcj and delicious That glnn tho littlo ones is course ground arid mixed with wet or pour milk or made Into bruid that Is moistened with milk This is gradually mixed with cracked corn which when they are about 8 wccka old is I fed clear or mixed with sour milk In Uio fall whole corn Is glen Turkeys which can bo given full liberty lib-erty from tho first on n dry Pasture lot find after 11 few weeks nllowHI to room anti root wherever they choose thrive the best It they ctcipo accident or rue mics Two turkey hen mothers nnd their bloods will then Reuerallj join tones apparently for mutual protection from hawk and other enemies Where they cannot bo given full liberty they bhould < bu given fresh gras pisturago dally anti milk curd corn gluten and wheat na well ns corn to take the place I of iu beets Ureat pains should botakeu that they arc not ov erfcd arid that they are given as much liberty for exercise as is possible Tile brood may bo iroveuted from leaving certain Held byshingllug tho mother turkey so she cannot fly ovcr tho wllll or fellee This however places her at tho mercy of dog After Juno I those at full liberty are fed but twice daily Resorts llko I I Newport use hundreds of partly grown turkey In July and August Au-gust From 175 to Ji S3 is given for thoso I weighing from Hj to pounds each They lire sold to dealers who sup lily clubs hotels and wealthy privato families These small turkeys Fire cry lenll nod tcmler fail coil spoil or become be-come discolored even if placed OIl Ice thercfoio only nearby misers can handle han-dle this trado If there is much rlbkor loss from dig co before tho turkeys can bo matured I or If tho number grown Is I m great ns to overstock the place It itiny bo udvlsa bio to turn them off nt this ago Possibly there are undly other sections sec-tions where small turkeys c in bo profitably profit-ably inarkclcd In this way If your chickens ducks and goose can bo hOld at RI cater profit for morn money when partly grown than if kept until much larger and fed twice or threo times as long there may bo possibilities for tho enterprising turkey raiser In this dlrec ion bamucl Cushman In Farm Poul try 1111 rcer Shipper Ono of the greatest mistakes In shipping ship-ping live poultry is I that of raising fat hens and roosters in tho pjimocoop The hens cannot be assisted In bringing better bet-ter prices by havim mole with them while buyers will not buy in largo lots and pay good prices for mixed stock Tho rooters only take up room In tho coops and assist in crowding the hens If tho fowls ire shipped let them bo choice In the mar it If rooters must bo bent put them into a separate coop It means a difference of several dollars on a coop of fowls if they tire shipped Properly Dressed block should < also bo assorted and no fowls should Iw cent to market unless they are fat Farm and Fireside |
