484 now TO make the farm pay. 



a secret spot for incubation. She should now be closely watched, 

 and some management is required to induce ber to lay in the 

 nest assigned to her. The nest should be prepared witb straw 

 and dry leaves ; it should be secluded, and to incite her to 

 adopt it a nest egg should be placed in it. When her uneasi- 

 ness to lay is evident, she should be shut into the barn or shed 

 wlicre her nest is prepared, and let out as soon as the egg is 



laid." 



The turkey is a persistent setter and often persists in staying 

 on her nest when she is suft'ering for food and water. She 

 should bo removed occasionally, and during the last ten days 

 the eggs should be lightly sprinkled with water while she 

 is off. This sprinkling applies to the eggs of all fowls. After 

 hatching, the chicks should be sheltered for a few days, when 

 they will look out for themselves. AVater is their great enemy, 

 for a thorough ducking often kills them. After the hatching 

 appears to be all over, chop up some hard boiled eggs and feed 

 the brood. Bread crumbs wet up with milk or curd, or oat- 

 meal dough, will answer after this. Water should be put in a 

 very shallow dish for fear of ducking the chicks. Turkeys nor 

 any other fowl should ever be allowed on the hay, or in the 

 stables, when the horses are there. 



Fattening Poultry for market is a very simple operation. 

 Not more than two weeks before they are wanted shut them 

 up in coops with just room to stand comfortably. Mix a dough _ 

 of meal and milk, just thick enough so that you can make it 

 into rolls. Roll it into crams about the size of your little 

 finger, (smaller for small pullets,) put it into the bill and help it 

 down. If the cram is dipped in milk it will go down easy. 

 We would say here that all fowls should be fed as soon after 

 light in the morning as possible, for they worry for their food 

 and lose their fat if they have to wait. At midday put a little 



