Show FARM t I POULTRY 0 BREEDING STOCK GOVERNS The flock of ot young oung turkeys s 's will be governed go h by the breeding stock To produce healthy stock the breeders must be strong and vigorous Weak or diseased birds will only produce I their kind so ro It Is necessary ary for the turkey grower to exercise e great greut care careIn carein In selecting his breeding stock writes I W. W D D. Neale In th the Idaho Farmer The breeders should be well fed A At dally daH ration t of equal parts of oats i wheat and corn will be es essential If birds are arc allowed free range otherwise otherwise other other- wise they should he fed twice each I day duy A green food su such h as ns cabbage cubbage and beets will he be enjoyed and sweet milk or clabber l er or buttermilk will t I take t tle te e place of hugs hubs and meat foods food l I Pent Plenty Penty of grit and antI o oyster ster shell should b b kept before the birds during breedIng breed breedS Ing season Good foods mean menn egg eggs strong In fertility One gOl gobbler to a dozen doren hens liens Is dent If It more hens liens are kept it will willbe willbe I be necessary to June have another gobbler Do not let tits tha gobblers run together for they will spend pend much time and vitality t fighting Let one gol gobbler from the pew pei each day If It the hens heas are inclined to stray uway away and hide their nests where they y are hard to find find It It will be best bet to confine them to a small pen by hy a six foot chicken wire until after they lay Iny each ench morning mornine One may have ha a covered pen If they are bad bael to fly Salt barrels lai laid down and filled with straw make an Ideal place for hens to lay The hen that begins to lay Iny about the fifteenth of March will have ha finished and find be ready to sit by the tenth of April It is best to break breal her lIer up and let her la lay another month before allowing her to hatch hatcha a lu brood The first eggs can be placed under a n broody brood chicken hen A large hen can cover er ten eggs nicely If It the turkeys y are allowed to range the eggs should be gathered each ench day Skunks crows and dogs will rob the nests If they can locate them A crow will sit around and watch a turkey hen an hour or two As soon as she site leaves Iea the nest It If will swoop down and get the thc egg The eggs should be kept at nt a temperature of 50 or GO 60 degrees lIH They hey y should be kept in a n box lined wit with h cotton hatting battin so they will not be jarred when handled J |