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Show ROOSTING PLACES FOR TURKEYS IN THE WINTER They I Better In Open Air. If Vtntlur Not Too Colcl-l'rolccl Colcl-l'rolccl Thim irinn Mm nuclcri, ly T. F. McGriw. A Substantial Houtt lor Turkeys. Turkeys do bettor when they rnn roost In tin- nieti. If wi ll tod ilu-y will llirlv.. wore In tin- aln-tlrr of the trees than In n close, rnn II mil house. Thn t rmit.l.n Unit nrln from iiIIohIuk thiin In Ihe In Ihiac- tn-i-s nie Hull tln-y bcrnm.. wllil mill fniiici,tly nr alnliii. If hiniM'il, th.-lr uiiiirtcra should ho nlry. roomy iu,.l piifwlly rlfiin. It Ih tint wise- In hut tin-in roost with other poultry If found ln-nsniry tn confine Ihim, nil thnt la lie. led la a rhril or house t hut will liroli-ct Hum from the I'li-mcnis mid riiiiriinili rn of nil kinds nml nt the sumo tltinc nut ho loo ronllnliiK for In-ill. I'liui' I ln roosts wi ll up from the floor nml kii-p the Interior perfectly per-fectly clciin unil fn-e from vermin. In loriilltli'a whore It la not too rolil ilurliiK the winter inonlha It la bettor In ill low the hri-cdlne: stock tn riMiat nut In the npen, either In tlio trrea nr upon ronafa prepared fnr them hy plnntlng posts thnt project limit i-lnlit feet above the ground. Vpon these place long pulea nliniit two nr two mill nni hnlf Inehea In diameter di-ameter for roosts. Itoostlna plnrea of tliiai kind tiro heller shelti-ri-d when located on the anuth aide of the barn or building. The writer haa aeen a irk of lurkeya which go the year round tn anch a rnoat; they belong to one of the moat aucceaafiill grow- - - RM Mni M Ibvllnaiia- l tlnually In the npen. not having even 1 the ahelter of the Ireea. In colder cllmatea, where ahelter Diuat be provided, a houae may be built that la fnahloned afler many of our poultry bouses with the Blunting roof. An npen ventilator ahould be placed In front, close to tho roof, and never be eloaed except In cold weather. weath-er. The roosts ahould be placed on a level In the front of the houae, with a eliding or rolling dour In the rear. Only light eunuch la needed for the turkeya to are the way to and from the room a. The door ahould bo Ifet open all day thnt they niay come and go at pleuaiire. Within the houae they may bo fed In cold, anowy wenther. In Canada one of tho moat success-fill success-fill turkey growers lina a double-In-rlnaed npiirtmvnt houae for hia breed- lug aloi-k in winter, cninieeted with which la an Inrloaed run that will protect l hem from the elements, nt th e. aame time furnishing opportunity opportu-nity for open air exercise during the day. This kind of hoiisr Is most use- t . !: -a Ly.-. L f . , ( - J A Typical Turkey Roost. fill In cold ellinntea, hut It might be used In all locnlitlea and prevent midnight mid-night mnrnudera of nil kinds from cairylng uwuy the turkeya. |