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Show POULTRY NOTES. No fowl la ao bard to doctor as a turkey. Do not crowd your poultry quarters. It doee not pay. Egg production can be Increased by breeding and selection. Pure air and sunshine are tbe poultry poul-try breeders' best friends. The hen Is now laying many a ground for next winter's complaint. It la quite aa eaay to grow turkeys of auperlor quality aa it ia to grow those of Inferior quality. The newly hatched chick la very tender, and even under the best of care torn of the broods are sure to die. The chance for profit In the production produc-tion of turkeys Is gradually Improving as the result of a more general use of flesh. The demand for fresh eggs la one that Is seldom met at any acason of the year and In any section of the country. Turkeys ran be hatrhed early In the spring and ahould grow to weigh from 14 to 20 pounds by Thanksgiving Thanksgiv-ing week. A secret of success with turkeys lies In avoiding inbreeding. A little turk debilitated at the start by Inbreeding haa a poor chance for Ita life. Chlcke properly fed, housed and cared for will need no medicine. Give them all the sun possible, but protect pro-tect them from the raw aprlng winda. There Is no better time than now to set geese eggs. Set them under a hen. allowing her five eggs, which are about all she can conveniently cover. All admit that If It were not for the unnatural losses that bave been sustained sus-tained In the past few years much more profit could be made from growing grow-ing turkeys. Clean, dry quartera. kept free from lice and mltea by spraying, and plenty of pure water to drink at all times, are prime requisites In rearing a brood of chicks. There Is no ber kind of live stork that will return so larg a profit to the successful produi cr aa w ill poultry, poul-try, and no kind of poultry Is more profitable than turkeys when properly proper-ly handled. tine of the very b'-st chick fond for b-by thicks can be made at home In a common coffee mill. Grind together to-gether two measures of sound yellow corn, one measure Bound bird red mhcat, one measure b-t barley, to make a coarae meal, and adj one measure of rolled oata. Peed cn wood or galvonixed iron fedli g traya ot from a food trough. |
