Show RAPID GROWTH IN RAISING TURKEYS fowls utilize areas of otherwise profitless land the turkey industry has made a rapid growth in idaho in recent year sa a pren moore extension poultry specialist with the ot idaho college of agriculture it has grown since 1922 when curleys turleys were rather insignificant la volume until now it has become an important industry in point of volume the bulk of the original stock was small and of poor quality there was very little native stock at that time which was suitable for breeding purposes there were a few bleeders breeders bre eders in the state who had been importing good breeding stock but the general average was of inferior quality the increased volume soon attracted the large produce dealers who began bidding tor the business grades conforming to those in general use throughout the country were applied not until then did the growers realize the value of breeding to improve the quality of the stock the few good local bleeders breeders bre eders were unable to supply the demand for better breeding stock breeding stock imported on a large scale some of it was of high quality while much was interior but most of it was an improvement over the average of the native stock improvement pro was rapid which developed a rapidly growing interest in turkey breeding as an enterprise demand for better breeding stock led to a system of accreditation similar to that attaining such success la the poultry industry the popularity of this accreditation work in turkey raising says mr moore la apparent from the growing demand for the sen ice clean ground essential for turkey success becent findings have shown that the organism which uses blackhead in lives in the soil consequently it turkeys are raised on contaminated tamina ted soil they can hardly escape the disease the danger will to a large extent be aerated if a three year rotation la followed experimental findings have shown aliat the cecal worm found in chickens Is a menace to the turkey it 13 believed that it the young turkeys are affected with cecal worms the injury they do to the lining of the intestinal walls Is sufficient to permit the entrance of blackhead organisms into the blood stream thus infecting the bird with the incurable disease and the one most dreaded by turkey breed ers the remedy therefore Is to keep the young turkeys on clean ground and entirely separate from chickens axy poultry hints fihs ihs iray to get best results chicks of no breed should be hatched after the first 0 may if due attention Is not paid to the vl in the ration disappointments are in store the late hatched chicks are subjected to many parasites and diseases which the earlier ones escape oyster shell limestone or other lime bearing material help to supply bens with the calcium they need the summer egg production from the early maturing pullets Is just as good as from the late maturing pullets see that tha house receives no moisture because of location and make sure that lade of ventilation does not create moisture within thorough examination of abo interior of the poultry house for mites and bedbugs might reveal legions of these unwelcome guests it they are present paint the boosts roosts roost supports and rear wall with pure it Is almost impossible to do a good job of culling it the farm flock has been improperly fed most of the heavier breeds will give better results if hatched previous to april 1 the chicks not only grow better but the pullets will start laying earlier in the fall experiments hae proved that chickens can be kept in confinement throughout their lives without restricting strict ing their growth or egg production in poultry can be diagnosed by a post mortem or by the tuberculin test given by a veterinarian eri frequent culling 0 the slow feathering add slow growing birds during the range period makes the culling job easier when the chickens are housed photoelectric cells have been applied to an egg candling machine it automatically select the bad eggs and rejects them as they pass on a belt la front of the cell aa rf 11 S |