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Show MOTHER FOR YOUNG POULTS Most Satisfactory Plan Is to Givo. First Clutch to Hens and Second to Turkey. . (By HE-SSI E L. Pl'TNAM.l On large farms where black head has not gained a footing, no single branch in the poultry department offers of-fers greater possibilities than turkey raiding. Though tender during the first few weeks, they later require little care-save care-save regular feeding twice a day as an inducement to them to come home at night. While many prefer the hen mother, moth-er, whose brood is less liable to develop de-velop into ramblers, it cannot be denied de-nied that the turkey best understands the needs of her poults. Turkeys chafe under confinement. Their wild ancestry is not so remote ;hat they do not love the woods and fields, thriving best on seeds and Insect diet. The old turkey always proceeds leisurely with her flock, intuitively knowing when one :1s, tired, and as speedily settling downvto let it rest. The hen, on the other hand, is all hustle, and soon has the tender 'poults completely tired out. If she is-confined is-confined in the yard they pine and droop for lack of the necessary insect in-sect food. If her coop is placed in the edge of the field, they soon have the adjacent ground depopulated of insect life; and wandering beyond reach of her voice- 1 iii'jiwiyii pi-"-' ' White Holland Turkeys. heads to rambling if they do not fall a prey to hawks. The most satisfactory plan, however, how-ever, since the turkey's time is so valuable in the early spring for laying, lay-ing, is to give the first clutch to hens, striving to overcome their defects as much as possible. She will soon commence lining again, and should be allowed to . a mother the second brood herself. Many turkeys will even- raise the third clutch, so managed, and have the youngest birds ready for the holiday holi-day market. |