| Show HOW TO MAKE SUCCESS WITH TURKEYS X R 0 3 4 V A large and most moat popular turkey type few farmers who raise turkeys make suitable preparation for the bus iness inese these theao birds being but recently reclaimed from the forest where they take care of themselves many take it for granted that they are capable of doing well without care in a state of domestication and as aa they are of a wild and roaming nature assume that the more freedom they have the better it la Is tor for them says a writer in baltimore american this la Is one of the halt half truths elhat that do great damage in the rearing of the birds an experienced breeder says on grounds that are contaminated by othor other poultry one has less chance of raising the boults than when they are put on clean ground away from other fowls the most critical time in a young turkeys life Is when it Is from two to six ciz we weeks eks old after thi this s all danger Is practically over as a turkey beco meavery hardy and rugged new blood should be introduced every second year another mistake Is made in mating cockerels cockerell cocker els with pullets the resultant progeny are weak and very short lived mature birds are always best beat for breeders bleeders bre eders and it if we have an exceptionally choice hen we do not hesitate to keep hr her for a number of years we have had hens nine years old that laid well the eggs from old hens are much larger and are usually sure to hatch strong nd vigorous boults we consider that tho the best beat methods of 0 improving in size weight and standard markings Is to select tho the finest and strongest torn tom possible and mate him with the largest hens bens oven though they are not so well inar marked ked not forgetting that the torn tora Is halt half the flock the turkey hen understands tho the business of hatching batching and brooding her boults and the results from her methods are an improvement over any other way confine the tha mother hen in a coop where the boults can run in and out at will the coop should be moved daily on the fresh grass and should be supplied with plenty of wheat chaft to keep it dry and warm the boults must not get wet for the first two weeks I 1 give the little boults dry wheat bran soaked in sweet milk atler athla they ey are feSal moat wholly on cracked wheat until old enough to eat whole wheat sweet milk la Is excellent when half grown I 1 give them a bran mash early in the morning before they go off and usually put in a little sulphur tincture turo of iron or a liberal allowance of charcoal this Is excellent to in purifying the blood if a bird appears to be a little droopy I 1 give 06 small email dose of epsom salts never feed new corn until it Is hard and dry select dry well drained ia daod ad for turkeys damp ground Is sure death I 1 consider the bronze as being the largest and most popular |
