Show CO Y KEEPING TURKEYS IN PROPER HEALTH turkeys are belr to oil all the poultry ailments allinen ts nud and treatment Is about the some same but while tile the young are tender the adults are able to withstand considerable hardship when allowed to rant range 0 over fields woods wooda and highways they keep to in the best of condition and pick up a very largo large portion of their food writes michael K boyer in the form and stanch A As t the h e nature 0 of t the lie tur turkey k e y Is to rown it does docs riot not thrive in confinement inar inbreeding edling Is one of the worst errors und tho the cause of much degen erney emcy among stock indigestion Is tho the chief turkey trouble and tills this Is usually brought on by improper feeding looseness of the bowels may come from froin had bad feeding dampness uth alith and infestation with lice young boults are sometimes lost through rheumatism caused by exposure damp ro places too little green food or poorly constructed houses there Is a difference between erdl ordinary leg weakness and rheumatism la in tho the later the shanks remain contracted eted all and stiff while in leg weakness they are soft leg weakness iv I 1 brought on by a lack of muscle and bone forming material in rheudia cism the trouble Is aggravated by the neilt rood food which in leg weakness la is needed young turkeys must not bo be allowed to become wet the slightest dampness Is apt to be fatal filth fifth will soon make short work of the youngsters the tiel delicacy leacy of young turkeys 1 Is largely duo due to the tha rapid growth of feathers unlike tile the chick the young turkey nt at once starts koput out large fent feathers liers on oil its wings and tall and this heavy growth has a tendency to sap tile vitality from tile tho body leaving it an easy prey to weakness we aness and disease A damp soil such as heavy clay land find Is very unsuitable for rearing re rang the young A very fold cold exposed situation Is likewise unfit i |