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Show boiled, as in all the food given digestion must be rendered as easily as possible. They must bo fed little and often while confined to the ooop. Six timea a day or more is better for the first week. They should not be fed so much as to keep their little crops bulged out all the time. Overfeeding -young turkeys kills more than l:ce. Denver Field and Farm. 1 Should the eggs become dirty before hatching they should bo carefully washed in warm water, wiped dry and put back in the nest immediately, not allowing them to become chilled. It is best to avoid I washing at any time during incubation incu-bation if possible. If others are also raising turkeys near by it is very essential to be able to tell your own at a glance. Consequently Consequen-tly you want a marlji that is not apt to wear off or become lost in any way, but will stay with them uutil such times as they are sent to market By taking a sharp pair of scissors and cutting off the first joint or to the second as you may desire, of one of the toes as soon as they are taken from the nest is the best mark to stay with them throughj life. Never cut the toes atter they have been hatched out any time. Always avoid cutting the middle toe, on account of roosting. roost-ing. The first feed f r young chicks, whatever they may be, must have fine grit mixed up with it. Any kind that is clean and hard will do. The same kind of feed that should be given to chickens is also good for young turkeys, but as they are more subject to diarrhoea than little chickens, sloppy food of any dascription must ba carefully avoided. For the first f e ed the eggs that have been taken from the machine or from under the hens as unfertile, boiled hard and chopped chop-ped up fine, shell and all together with some rolled oats mixed in, makes a splendid feed; a very little red pepper may be added, but should only be used when really necessary. Do not make a practico o" using it every time you feed. The turkeys can run out with the old as soon as thev become s rong enough, which should be in a week or so after hatching. Bread made of wheat bran middlings and corn meal, equal parts by weight, is fiue feed for them. Wheat bread, such as used at table, is gped also for the first week or ten days, and at the present price of flour is not expensive food either. All feed for the first month or six weeks should bo either baked or i THE KNACK OF RAISING TURKEYS. If the weather has been favorable, favor-able, the hen been attentive to business, the little turks will be out of the shell on tho twenty-seventh twenty-seventh day, and by tho next day will bo strong enough to bo removed remov-ed to their clean quarters. In j order to get chicks as strong as possible do not be in a hurry to take thorn away from the warm nest until th:y are good and strong which will be from twelve to twenty j four hour from the time of hatching, hatch-ing, and shuld the wether bo rough and cold with, prospects of it clearing up in n day or two lot them stay in the nest providing that it is clean and freo from lice. By feeding a little they will do well, as they do not oat much the fii3t few days. |