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corner. For green food we depended almost 

 entirely on what we fed, and raised them 

 as easily as young chickens. We kept them 

 in the enclosure for nine weeks, during 

 which time their feed was very like that of 

 young chicks. After the first week, cottage 

 cheese, boiled liver with onions and garlic, 

 all chopped and mixed with pinhead oat- 

 meal, crumbled corn-cake or boiled barley, 

 and, of course, scalded clover. I am a 

 strong believer in green onions or garlic 

 for all young birds, they keeping the liver 

 active; and any farm can easily provide 

 them. 



Until two months old, the most impera- 

 tive requisite for turkeys are freedom from 

 damp, and cleanliness. Therefore, you can 

 imagine my astonishment when, going up 

 to a farm on business, I saw a large gray 

 goose coming from the barn followed by a 

 large clutch of young turkeys. I questioned 

 the farm lady and was told that she was a 

 very old goose, the only one on the place, and 



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