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Show FRESH RANGE FOR GROWING TURKEYS Poultry Expert in Warning Against Blackhead. When young turkeys have reached the age of from eight to ten weeks, move them out to range shelters on clean ground which was free of all poultry, turkeys or poultry manure during the previous year. A good range will afford plenty of green feed, shade and fresh clean water. "At this season of the year, growers grow-ers usually begin to have trouble with their poults," says C. P. Parrish, poultry extension specialist at North Carolina State collega "Blackhead begins to develop and this comes. In most cases, from laxity In sanitation. sanita-tion. Success with turkeys Is dependent de-pendent upon careful management of the growing poults. Fresh range Is essential." Parrish says much attention must also be given to supplying the right kind of feed. In general, poults have the same nutritive requirements require-ments as chicks. A complete growing grow-ing ration is necessary for best results. re-sults. Such a ration will Include animal protein, grain, milk, green feed, minerals and water. Milk is useful during the first six weeks. The same commercial feeds recommended recom-mended for chicks may be used with poults. However, one mash hopper five feet long is needed for each 75 poults. Two one-gallon water founts are also needed for this number of the birds. Place the mash hoppers and water founts on wire covered frames made from 2 by 4 timber. It requires about 60 pounds of feed, exclusive of green feed, to fulfill ful-fill the requirements of a poult during dur-ing the first seven months of its life. By that time, the poult should weigh from 12 to 14 pounds. Always keep turkeys and chickens separated, sepa-rated, he advises. |