No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 643 



to "shoot (lie led" iis i( is tcniicd, wliicli is tlio (k'veloi)m(*nt of the 

 red pi'otulxMMiircs upon tlic neck ;nid tliroat. Aftor lliis lime 

 Ihcv hcH'oine hardy and vigorous and will stand almost any condi- 

 (ion of climate, but up until thai (imc care must be exercised to 

 keep them from setting- damp or chilled; they will not stand the 

 effects of a heavy rain-storm, and damp quarters are almost certain 

 to prove fatal to them. If 'their quarters are dry and comfortable 

 and they are not allowed to remain out in rain-storms, they will f?ct 

 along- very well. Their first feed should be hard boiled eggs, at 

 least for the first day or two, and then mix in some green food, of 

 which dandelion leaves are the best Ihat can be given them. Also 

 milk curd, squeezed dry, and after two or three days barley meal 

 or bread crumbs may be added to the boiled egg feed, little at 

 a time, but feed often. 



Where chicks run at large they will select their own green food, 

 but when confined, chopped onions or dandelion leaves will bi' go d 

 for them. (They must be kept dry, as dampness is fatal to them 

 until they have passed the tender age, after which time they are 

 the m.ost hardy of chicks and will stand any kind of weather with- 

 out apparent harm.) The most critical time is the first two months 

 of their lives and during that time thev must have the care and 

 attention necessary to pull them through, after which they will be 

 able to look after themselves so far as the weather is concerned. 



We have found a pen 16 feet square made of boards one foot wide 

 very desirable to put the coop in containing the young turkeys. 

 This, if moved twice each week, gives to your flock fresh ground 

 without too much traveling for your young stock, v/hich at the start 

 is a very important feature toward success. 



Taking Ml in all, the past year has been by far lln^ greatest 

 and most important one in the history of the poultry business. 

 But while this is an opportune time for reviewing the work of 

 the past year, it is more fitting, and more pleasant, to look to the 

 new 3'ear. "What will the new year bring? Can we not say it 

 truthfully and honestly, and seriously, that whatever the new year 

 brings to us it will be largely the result of our own effort^. We 

 should then resolve to make our new year a profitable as well as a 

 pleasant one, and include in the resolution the provisions that if 

 the year in advance of us does not meet all our anticipations it 

 will not be our fault or for lack of effort on our part. Our lives 

 are largely what we make them, and while circumstances and en- 

 vironment each have their part to play, our own individual efforts 

 for the most part direct our fortunes. 



Providence has been very kind to us during the past year, and 

 every indication points to a rich and fruitful year ahead of us. 



