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Show MOTHER FOR YOUNG POULTS Most Satisfactory Plan Is tn Givo First Clutch to Hens and Second to Turkey. lltv I'FSSli: I.. 'CTNM. (In lartie faring where black head hp. b not nained a footlnK. no single branch In the poultry department of-fern of-fern greater pobnlhllilles than turkey ralKliiK. Though tender during the first few weekH, they later require, littlo care ave regular feeding twice a day as n Inducement to them to come home at night. I While many prefer tho hen moth-I moth-I nr. w hose brood in less liable to d-I d-I vt lop Into ramblers, It cannot bo do-! do-! a'eil that tlie turkey bent understand!. 1 he needs of her poults. I Turkey chare under confinement. I Their w ild iiiici' .try is not so remote il.at they do not love the woods and lieidH, thriving best on needs and ; Ini-eet (Ik t. j The o'd turkey always proceeds leisurely with her lloek. Intuitively j knowing when one Is tired, and an 1 lily Heltling down to let It rest. The hen, on the other band, Is all huslle, and noon I: an the tender poults completely tired out. If she la onllned in tho yard tl.ey pine and Iroop for hu k of the necessary In-se In-se t food. If l.er coop Is placed In the edge of Ihe I. eld. they kjoii have the adjacent ground depopulated of Insect life; and wandering beyond reach of her voleo White Holland Turkeys. heads to rambling If they do not fall 1 prey to baw ks. 'The most natlsfaetory plan, however, how-ever, since the turkey's time Is no j valuable In Die early spring for lay-1 lay-1 Ing, Is to give the first clutch to hens, striving to overcome their defects ua , much as portable. She w 111 food commence I, Ing ugaln. and should be allowed to I loot her the M-eoiid brood herself. Many tuikejs will even raise tho third cluteii, so managed, and bnve ; j Ihe yoimw st birds ready for the boll- 1 t lay mark. t. |