| Show I Feed Turkey Breeders for Vigorous I Too much corn In the turkeys turkey's winter winter win win- ter ration may make the birds too fat ft for tor the tho production of ot eggs of ot high hatchability Some breeders feed 3 parts palts of oats to 1 of ot corn and find that the stock come through h the winter winter win win- ter in condition to produce vf vigorous orous pouRs Equal parts of ot corn corn wheat and oats make a good grain ration I for turkey breeding stock The lie addition ad nd t of ot cull ve vegetables and alfalfa I or or clover cr Is necessary until the turkeys turk turk- a cJ- cJ eys can forage orage In the spring I Before the tile turkey hens liens be begin in to lay It often pa pays pas s to give ghe them a hopper of the same annie balanced laying mash which Is s used for the chickens Where they have had nothing but grain they ma may be reluctant to eat the mash but If 11 it is s kept before them some of ot the mn mash h will vill probably be he eaten enten and It will help to Improve e e egg g production J and ke keep p up the vl vigor or of the turkey hens while they are la laying n Keep f a hopper of o oyster ster shells before the turkey hens hons to help In producing firm shells on the eggs s and reduce breakage breakage break brenk n age e In n the nests Feeding the turkey breeding in stock on soil soli away from flom the chickens Is s a help In preventing pre blackhead nn and ithier other other oth oth- er turkey y diseases Diseases are ure often spread through the medium of ot the droppings which have contaminated the feed Some losses may runy be Ie prevented pre Fire vented by feeding both the grain nail and the mash In hoppers 80 so that none of the feed will touch soil soli which might be he contaminated contamina ted with disease |
