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Show TURKEYS RAISED FOR PROFIT Some Good, Practical Sueation from tine Wlm lor Ynura Mint n Kuccvaa In Ureedlna Them. Illy MIHH M I IIANI'I l.ll I After aucceaklully rulalng lutkeya for a ni.uiber of yeura I 11111 aide to give a few priictlnil nnd uaeful hlnta on the aiihjeit w hich cannot lull 1.1 ho of griul betielll to Ihe new beginner or iii rliupa 10 the onea who have been trying to rulae turkey Hu hut poor Tut kc) a. n a we nil know, lire ion-alilered ion-alilered tiiiiru ill III i'u It tu 1 i.la.. than lire chl. k. na. on nccount nf their being more e unit Iv 1. to the duiup 11 ml cold of Bluing, nnd for this ii ub.iii many du not try to rnlae them ut nil. I llnd thut If turkey lire not hutched before -May 1 it 1 U'a ttouble In cam for tliiin and they urn more apt to live tt p.iya beat to start ullll n auinll Hock. Never keep over whiter more thiiii Ihiee h. iia mid u gobbler. Higlit here let me all)', be aure 10 gel your gol. bier and In n of illitt ri nl ttorkx lit aiurtlug. nnd If you lini" your own trade with mime one, ao that liny will not he ri liiiid to Ihe h.'iia. Inlire.illng la Ihe I'liuae very fro-qu. fro-qu. nily nl lillmlni B. I have men III-lull III-lull lea in many lui 111 iinpera u to tho piubable caiiau ol lillllilnea. uud ex-perl. ex-perl. lice haa ttiughl lite thut thla la lUo aole cauae. It la unwlae to act tin) old turkey the lliit tiino ahe git broody, but break her up lo lay more egga ail act a bi-n or two In her pluce. When a hen la act, never uao more than eight or ten egga, und even then elect a large hen. dive h.'i' a warm place to alt nnd aalnrale Ihe ueat well with aulphiir to keep away vermin, Uae aulpbur 00 the hen alao. A hen thut la to alt for four week! uiuat be well fed and cured for. Otve her plenty uf freah wuter nnd exercla und a atiiull ration of good cornuieul wet with milk once ench day. When a brood of lltllo turkeya are drat hatched they nre very wenlily and ahould not ho token from tho neat for at haul twelve hour. Warm, wnlerproof ciinpa ahould be provided for them. Ijirgo dry gooda y boxea, auch na run he bought for about :." ccuta, niiike excellent coopa. Turn them un their able, with block under the comer to keep them off tha ground. Null atrip of honrd over every crnck. Tho top of Ihe box form the front of tho coop. Null huh acros the front ao cloae together thai th , little one caiinnt crawl thrnugh, nnd make a lltllo dunr through which to Iced uud wuter them lit nun end. 1 feed them on bread nnd milk for a few liny nnd then give th. ui corn-meal corn-meal wet with aweet milk nnd n pinch of anil und mint clcuti ami. I. Hutch cheeae la ulao good lor a change. They nre very fond of It und It ul. Ib dlgeaiton. (ilvu them plenty of wilier, but do not l.'avo It where they ciin tumble Into It, ua a good wetting la iiioal certuiti to bu Ihe deiitb uf n Utile turkey. Win n limy nre a few day old I lake off a huh from thu front of tha roup nml let them run out utter the dew la off. If Ihn nlghtu nre chilly or tho weather ahould be damp, cover th coop well with a wnriu blanket. The luat yiur 1 ruined turkey I lenrned aomiithliig very helpful. 1 put Hie coop under a large tree, where thi re wua 1 hiidu In thu afternoon and found Hint Ihe llttlo "tuika" never left the ahuile mid did not ruu off Into the graaa und weed nnd get lost, aa they nnd formerly done. Thuy cannot eu-durw eu-durw the hot huh. |
