Show FRO 0 va ya TURKEYS RAISED IN confinement better results secured than where boults are ar e free in times past many people felt that turkeys could not be raised in confinement but that they should have a I 1 large a rge area over which to range this contention lias has changed now however nod and in several localities turkeys have been raised in confinement with a great deal of success the minnesota and nebraska experiment peri ment stations have been among the leaders in investigational work in turkey production in recent years with some such work being done at other experiment stations in various parts of 0 the country at both of the stations mentioned it was found that better results could be secured it if the boults were raised in confinement than if they were allowed to range over a large area thoi the method once followed in turkey production in view of these findings those who wish to go into turkey production either on asdall a small or large scale are no doubt interested in the practices to bo be adhered hered to in this method of turkey raising the united states department of agriculture has found that turkey production has declined consistently since 1890 1800 in the face of an increase in the production of all other lines of poultry and live stock this decrease in production product lon cannot be attributed to a decrease in demand for the demand has always exceeded the production or at least there has never been a surplus of turkeys on the market with ith which to contend this decline in turkey production can be explained almost altogether by the fact that farmers have always felt that turkeys should lune have unit unlimited M range because of following this method of production the turkeys canie came in III contact with the chicken yards to the detriment of the turkey business the disease problem among turkeys which come in contact with chickens is great enough that it has tended to cut down on production dumong farmers and farmers wives who have in the past raised turkeys and chickens together on the same saine range in the nebraska investigations it was found that the old method of raising the turkeys on the open range with natural hatching and brooding by turkey liens hens was not successful on the other hand artificial brooding and hatching by means of which feed and environment could he be kepf kept under the control of the producer was found to yield very good results |