Show raiding TURKEYS IS MOST profitable VA R I 1 flock of E Pre by t depart t of for those then who are favorably situ site at led for raising turkeys a more profit able his aide it una ca can hard hardly IY be ba found gi gis gien S plenty ot of range long V where ih the to tur kes kala me can paid find gr grasshoppers hup pt aud it 0 ther other fin facts green vegetation the seeds ot of we weeds and grass grasses na waste grain acorns acorn an and d nuts IS ot f various kinds the cost coat of 0 raising them la Is very small and it th tha pro profits at large go grain anil and at stock farms are particularly well adopted adapted to turkey raising and it 1 la on im such f farina arm that most ot of the tha turkey are found no it little it i has ever been done 1 in tho the we way of ral rais ing turkeys in confinement and where what it 1 haa I apen tried the results have been disco discouraging u it P plenty IS my of range la Is es ca sentiel to success 1 in turkey raising mining BB breeding edg in selecting turkeys tor for breeding the in most important in factors t to be consid ld bap en ered are vigor site e esopo bone early maturity and e color 11 ot of plumage the body should be deep and wide the back broad blood slid and the breast round and tull the head should be of good size and of a else clean healthy appearance A strong welt oil made sli skeleton tinte 1 Is shown bow by thick sturdy shanks shanka and straight tr 2 strong toes tea it should be the aim of ivory every turkey raiser to have a flock of pore purebred bred turkeys even though they are sold at market price th the 1 male I it at the head bond of the flock should by all 11 means meana be a purebred ot of the best beat type obtainable blamable the in male 1 is one 1 halt half the anti antle e flock and by 0 continually select ing the test beat females of a a similar type and mating these with a purebred male we ono can soon awn have a d unit flock of no uni firmly large early maturing strong boned long and deep b bodied died turk turkeys eye of the 1 same I color fifteen turkey hens can safely be mated cooled to a vigorous torn it 2 26 or 30 hens are ara kept two to toms should he 1 not net be allowed to run with the them at the same time but one should b be com confined fined one day and the other the next tt hen two to toms or are allowed to run mr together bronze to turkey key hen during the mating season they fight badly and the stronger does practically all of the mating laying turkey hens are wont went to steal st pal their nests nesta in hidden bidden plan places such as aa a patch natch of weeds tall smile or thick brush and often wander a halt half mile or more or fro from he home before they find locations chete that suit bult them to find these at stolen nests often proves to be a long led and trillion tedious task the usual method bs be ing to follow each turkey hen ben a aa she separates from the flock and starts tu to word ward her rest nest care being taken that sha he due does out not know knew she he is being to fa lowed A much easier and quicker method than this is to confine the tha hens early some morning soon own after they he have come d down from roost most and let the them out let late 1 in the after afternoon those then that are laying will then head bead for their nests nesta in order to lay the eggs they have been holding it if many turkeys are ara kept the use of a breeding pen will be ba found a great con convenience venlon this pen should cover a cere sufficient area to allow ih the tu turkeys rino Y some exercise an aa acre for J 15 5 birds being none too large A hog tight wire fence fenc to three feet fast high will hold most turkeys and it if any persist in flying out not the flight feathers of one wing mg should he be clipped nests should hint d he be scattered about the pen pe in those which turkey hens bens take to most readily being barrels turned on their sides and nests shaped hoped in them with straw incubation turkey hens cl chicken itchen hens and inc cincu store are cm common wole I 1 used to ince incubate bate orkey eggs during the early itt of the laying season it often ofte happens happen a that one ole has on hand a number of as that thai should be ba incubated before any of the turkey hens are through laying their first litter and become broody in such case and also h i i ll it 1 if lie do tired limit th eliat at till the turkey ins hen mr moe c th aban n one lilt litter a some of it i v I 1 to be incubated In under umer clit er el 1 la an incubator about a i the are arc due to h ini 11 nil 11 bens been enough should be I 1 I 1 i to Us take ill ail the its police lilt bat I 1 tall ap b OV fw f hubter or from u under tho chicken hratz h hem I 1 and it allowed i to b hatch b I 1 the I 1 coulta emit th themselves rouse or at night a newly I 1 ay hatched POOR can ie be slipped clipped under mider each turkey brat that Is to be given ivan a bre brood d ot of polite and by morning she aha vill ft ill be glad to take them 8 brooding if the weather la 0 we warm and dry no shelter Is bequir required e d a aa the do better in the open should it be ba rainy however th they e Y need to be protected tor for nothing Is more injurious the than for the them to bc become w wt wet t and it c chilled billed tio the most net satisfactory 1 1 1 p plan be 1 Is to the mother turkey hen he to a coop and allow the polito to run in and out whenever h e ne ve r r rain 1 l a d apes p e not t pr prevent nt thi this c coop 1 p a should 0 ui d b ie e p placed 1 a ce d in n a field where h gral hop they can an run out and it find grasshoppers s green vegetation an and d oth other or feed th the coup coop should ba 06 mo moved vs a I 1 to fresh ground ivory every day improper fI feeding dIng combined b it with lom alosa confinement do b baa a been n tho the cauce of many failures in lot turkey a raising given tree free range on the avers average g f farm the polite can easily pick up th their air own ft living 9 and one e light feed a do day for the and un burp purpose ot inducing n d u them to w come in at hg thom ot tit night g lit is sufficient abrl if the be mother t or hen is confined to a coop and the boults at low lowed it to run in and out three time a dy day is often enough to teed feed and very little tit should hould be given at a time the pool boults is sh should old always be ready to sit eit it if given all they will clean up several times time a dav hall indigestion 0 arm will be the re sult suit it there 1 Is little or no teed feed out side th tha e co coop p for the polite coulta to pick up the then I 1 they h oy should be fed about five times a day auldin feeding only a small quen quan city at a time A good feed tor for t the a b first tew few do days 1 Is tell stale broad bread soaked a ke it in n milk and squeezed dry corn core bread crumbs and clobbered clabber ed milk 11 k or cottages el cheese as also q quite t otten 11 fed and w with ill excellent t results an it green n teed feed and grit rrt should he be on no hand at all times time A As the boults grow glow older the ration fatima should gradually be ba changed to grain |