Show IN FATTENING TURKEY INCREASE SLOWLY EXTRA AMOUNT OF 1 ia F km g i myn va A 84 4 N J 1 i W 1 I I 1 6 N i 1 1 fiao gin hl well fattened turkeys always alway Irre prepared pared by tho the united states Dopart mout of agriculture once upon a time every farm family lind and its flock of turkeys chich supplied plied plenty of birds tor for the home table anble ind and some for the tables of those who lived live in the towns turkey raising raisin in in fit recent bears ears however has decreased one of the main reasons tor for tills this decline being that as the population of the country increased farming became more mere intensive and the area suitable for turkey raising was reduced turkeys require plenty of ranee in order to thrive many farmers however boever still consider turkeys a profitable side line on the farm and about the first of october begin to co consider nIder how to put more fleth on their turkey flock feeding turkey flock during tile the summer and early fall turkeys can find an abundance of feed on the average farm grasshoppers grasshopper and other insects weeds find and gras seeds green vegetation berries and binin picked up tip in the fields all go 90 to make up the turkeys daily ration when this natural feed Is plentiful very little need be added until fattening time except for the purpose of bringing tile the turkeys every night to roost and to keep them from straying from home for this purpose one feed of grain every night just before roost ro log time Is sufficient fatt fattening ening for market in fattening turkeys for the market nn an excellent to begin about october I 1 to feed night and morning feeding only so nitch at a time that eliat the birds go away a little hungry and gradually increasing the quantity until they are given all they will clean i command the highest prices up three times a day during the weel wed before marketing by the latter feed ing Is meant that they ore are fed unit they leave the food and walk away some turkey raisers feed wheat ana ani ont oats 1 euring during the first of the season gradually changing clin nging to corn as ai the weather becomes cooler the mn ma bority hoi however Never begin feeding heavily on corn about november 1 and senci turkeys are not accustomed to bucl heavy feeding scours often result es specially pec lally ally if new corn Is used nev neal corn can call be fed safely if the turkeys tire ire gradually accustomed to it bi feeding lightly at first and more hea hcan lly ily afterward lose flesh when penned con confining fining turkeys during tile the fatten ing season to present their using st si much energy in ranging has been tile to some extent but with very success say poultry specialists of th united states department of agrical ture lure those confined to a p pen eal at heartily for two or three days bus bul after tills this they lose their appetite and begin to lose flesh rapidly oc allowing them free range again thea the pick up tip rapidly and are soon eating ns as heartily as ever the better meth od is to allow them free range as it 11 keeps keep them in good healthy condition and they are always eager to be fed mits of various kinds are arc a nat ivall fattening feed picked up by the or ir keys on the range of these bech be ch nuts chestnuts pecans and acorne are those most commonly found by them many turkey growers in texas depend solely upon acorns for fattening theli their turkeys and when vlen the mast Is clenti ful the birds are marketed in fairly fair good condition |