Show P TURKEYS PAY IP GIVEN GOOD CARE attempt to keep them with I 1 chickens causes failure turkey raising la Is passing from a general farm farin alse side line to a commercial enterprise as more farmers begin io fo specialize in the business the coastal and mountain sections of north carolina are rapidly becoming centers of an important specialized turkey growing industry says aasc C F parrish extension poultry specialist at the north carolina state college these two sections area are taking the lead in production product lop the growers are finding that where they handle the birds binas with care excellent profits m may y be made one of 0 the greatest reasons for failure Is that same some growers attempt to keep the turkeys with chickens and usually do not provide the turkeys with a home with feed and care to begin with the turkey grower must get started d right says mr ir par lie ile needs to io use only strong healthy birds as breeders bleeders bre eders and to place these on clean well drained dry soil where chickens have not been kept turkey eggs may be hatched hat clied in an incubator under the turkey hen or under a chicken hen where the hen method Is used the mother bird bard must be dusted with sodium fluoride to control lice this dusting should be given during the first week and again in ten or fourteen days use only a small pinch of the material for each hen or serious results may follow with the boults when the boults hatch they should not be fed until forty eight hours old a little milk and green feed such as short tender grass lettuce or onion tops might be given when feeding begins the boults must be fed often as much as five times a day in small amounts the scratch grain la Is given when the boults are about one week old did feed the mash scratch feed and greens until the young turkeys are three weeks of age generally increasing the scratch and getting it finally to two good feeds each day |