Show TO A FLOCK the avny may to begin Is to begin but a few reir cautions Cout ions al avill ill help ovel ovet the I 1 ears of the over cau can judging brofn letters 1 from readers of these article articles the subject of turkey raising la Is upper moa most in the minds of thousands thou ands of people therefore in answer to numerous requests I 1 am going to de vote two or articles to turkey raising turkey raising is profitable it Is not nearly so difficult as most peo pie imagine true the number of turkeys produced on farms in the U S has had a steady decline for the last forty years like the recent de dine cline in the stock market it would appear that the bottom he been reached and I 1 am hopeful that tur key raising will about face and re gain its lost prestige two things tend to discourage the raising of turl eys ays one is blackhead and the other is the mistaken idea that turl eys ays must have a w wide ide range of ground to roam on I 1 shall dis cuss those subjects in future arti artl cles and attempt to show how black head can be avoided and to correct the idea that turkeys cannot be rals ed in comparative confinement but first let us consider some of the es things in starting a turkey f flock lock in a breed consideration should be given to size and weight for after all turkeys are raised for meat production the bronze variety seems to be the most po popular lular it is sometimes the mammoth bronze there are two ways to start a tur key flock one la is by buying hatched eggs another Is to purchase baby boults A third Is to purchase adult breeding stock under favorable ctr cir cem cam stances you can have turkeys tor for market the first year it you start with bree eding stock take ake every precaution to see that your adult turks are tree free from dis ease examine them carefully for size and build breeding stock should have large frame broad back and big full breasts see that the legs are sturdy and set well apart it seems hardly necessary to point out the advantages of pure bred stock the initial cost may be a trifle higher but it costs no more to raise a pure bred than a mongrel and the price received on the sale will more than make up tor for it large numbers of turkeys are us ed during the holidays you can male 1 some money by being ready toi foi that trade start in a small way and developed dev elope don t start oft off big to find a big loss later small flocks are more profitable on the av than large ones copyright 1929 by dr L D le gear V S st louis mo with the expansion of the soy bean industry poultry men have a new teed feed soybean ineal meal it can be utilized in a number of ways soybean meal Is valuable as a pro feln supplement for growth and tor for ess egg production the addition of a mineral mixture increases the value of the soybean meal frank beckwith notary public |