Show r FEEDING TURKEYS IMPORTANT PHASE Prepared by the United Slates Slate Department of ot Agriculture Feeding the young Joung birds is one of most Important phases of turkey raising Unwholesome feeds and Improper Improper Im lm- proper methods of feeding especially in the case of turkeys closely confined have resulted in many failures For the first two days daJ's after hatchIng hatchIng hatching hatch- hatch Ing the require no feed access to clean drinking water and a little coarse sand and green feed to peck at being sufficient Beginning with the third day they should be e fed the amount given them varying with the quantity of natural feed they are able to pick up outside the coop It Is Ig best lIest to keep them more or less hungry When the range provides an abundance abundance abundance dance of green feed and insects the time growing require but little extra feeding More l losses are attributable to overfeeding perhaps than to all other causes One harmful effect of ot overfeeding is that it removes the for hunting food with the result result result re re- sult that little exercise is taken and Indigestion develops Sanitary feedIng feeding feed- feed Ing lug places are arc also very Important and above all the soil should be kept sweet and clean When hen natural feed Is scarce or when the have to be kept from rangIng ranging ranging rang rang- ing outside It Is advisable to feed them about five times a day If allowed to torun torun torun run outside the coop where they can find insects seeds and green feed two vo or three e feedings a day will be enough If the time are fed regularly every night In a short time they will return return return re re- re- re turn nightly to their proper roosting quarters quartets Never allow the tile feed to become become be be- e- e come moldy A good plan Is to feed the on boards cleaning off any feed teed that may remain after feeding and standing the boards in the sun to dry Buttermilk has been found very beneficial beneficial beneficial ben ben- in bringing successfully through the early stages A good practice practice practice tice Is to keep the milk In front of the young birds during the morning and water during the afternoon If grit and green feed cannot be picked up outside the coop they must be provIded provided provided pro pro- vided In some other way Loss on Bad Eggs The United States Department of Agriculture estimates that the total loss of eggs in the thc United States each year due to spoilage breakage and InefficIent inefficient inefficient in In- efficient handling from the time the egg is produced on the farm until It reaches the consumer Is In the final anal analysis sIs this loss is a farm loss since a smaller price Is paid for eggs t to provide for the poor and broken eggs that go to the time consumer Baby Chick Is Stupid In addition to grain mash and water birds need some grit to help grind their food Crushed stone oyster shell or coarsely ground dry bone will serve the purpose Such things timings should always be kept before the fowls in proper boxes Since the I birds have no teeth these substances must be provided to help prepare the I food rood digestion Leghorns Economical Layers I Recent figures released by the Michigan Michigan Mich MIch- igan State Poultry Improvement association asso asso- elation and obtained from the International International Inter Inter- national Egg Laying Contest show that the Leghorns arc are the most economical economical economical eco eco- layers Iners The cost of Leghorn eggs was 14 if cents per dozen the time Rocks came next with n a cost of 21 1 cents per dozen |