| Show POULTRY FLOCKS CAUSE OF TURKEY FAI FAILURES URES When on Free Range There Is No Overfeeding and Necessary Exercise Exercise Exer Exer- cise else Is I. Obtained Improper feeding combined with close confinement has been the cause of ot many s In turkey raising When on free range the are busy most of the day searching for feed teed Here there Is no overfeeding and lack of exercise such as are often otten subjected to by those ignorant Ignorant ant of their wants If It the range is plentifully supplied with green feed grasshoppers and other Insects and If It the weather Is favorable the best plan Is to allow the to feed them them- selves It Is usually advisable however however how how- ever er to have them come home at night and If It driven up and fed ted at a 1 certain place every night they will soon learn to come up themselves When Then on account of ot rainy weather 01 or unfavorable range conditions It Is advisable to raise the by the coop method more care must be given to their feuding feeding Successful turkey raisers use many different kinds of feed Some suggested suggest suggest- ed by the United States department of agriculture poultry specialists follow fol low Hard-boiled Hard egg chopped fine and corn-bread corn crumbs for the first week and then whole wheat and hulled oats stale bread soaked in milk and squeezed dry for tor the first few days and then common chick feed clabbered dab clab milk seasoned with a n little salt and pepper corn-bread corn crumbs equal parts pinhead oats whole wheat and cracked corn com cracked wheat cornmeal cornmeal cornmeal corn- corn meal and wheat bran mixed in the proportion of ot three to one and baked Into bread and bran or one one half half cracked Egyptian corn com one one- quarter wheat and hulled oats one- one quarter I In addition to the above skim milk and buttermilk buttermilk- are quite often otten fed ted with excellent results A good plan is Isto to keep the milk in front of the d during the morning and water J i n Bronze Turkey Hen during the afternoon If It grit and green green feed cannot be picked up out out- side the coop they must be provided In n some other way Chopped onion tops lettuce leaves dandelion leaves and alfalfa make excellent green feed teed Grit can be furnished in fn the form rm of coarse sand |
