Show MAKE PROFIT IN RAISING TURKEYS most alost people consid consider pr list it Is krnc impossible to raise turkeys iloween IIo Ilo weier weer tile results of some soine breeders bleeders bre eders IS as well ng as those of the experiment stations show that it Is not only possible to raise rahe turkey but it Is also possible to ninke a profit at the work woric when turkeys lire being raised a producer has only one thing in mind homely namely keeping them alive and healthy so that they will grow into marketable aulry poultry Hul ry with chickens there tire lire two propositions to watch eggs and nn market poultry turkeys ire fire subject to ninny many of tile hie ailments that hint bother chickens chichel iq hut bill tile the chief trouble lias has been a disease desense known ns as blackhead hend tills this disease affects turkeys of all ages but Is particularly ticul arly disastrous alien boults are aist just nicely feli feathered there lins hns been a renson reason for these losses in many cases chickens tire are affected with blackhead but it does not inot usually kill file them in many cases eh likens hae acted as carriers of the disease to the turkeys in view of this many people have found it advantageous to raise the boults way away from froin chickens and on fresh ground this has encouraged tile use of incubators and brooders broaders bro oders tor for turkeys and where properly managed they hae proved very satisfactory when young boults are reared roared with chickens they usually get worms worms seem to help tile parasites that cause blackhead as it makes an opening for the parasite to enter tile the system people who raise their young turkeys on fresh ground away from other poultry are not apt to IN b troubled bilth blackhead turkeys will even stand confinement it if plenty of green stuff good sanitation and lid adequate equate protection Is provided the minnesota experiment station raised turkeys in confinement for tile last three years it Is I 1 not necessary for the young boults to catch grasshoppers as animal protein needed deeded in their ration can be supplied with meat scraps |