REARING THE TURKEY CHICKS. 



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would cause disease and death among little turkeys. If 

 the little turkeys are cooped, remove them to fresh, dry 

 ground frequently. Dampness, lice and filth make short 

 work of them. Give them their food on clean surfaces. 



Young turkeys should not be out in heavy showers 

 until their backs are well covered with feathers. If they 

 get wet, they may die from chill, unless put in a warm 

 room to dry. Black and red pepper and ginger in the food 

 or drinking water aid them to overcome a chill, and are of 

 great value on cold or damp days, and are a preventive 



FIG. 18. COOP FOB BROODING TURKEY, WHILE THE CHICKS ARE AT 

 LIBERTY. 



of bowel trouble in both old and young turkeys. Some 

 find that young turkeys do best when neither they nor the 

 hen is confined, providing they are put in a pasture lot, 

 high and dry, where the grass is short and there are no 

 trees. No more than three litters are cooped in a five- 

 acre lot. 



Ehode Island turkey growers are careful to use only 

 Northern corn, at least a year old, in feeding both little 

 turkeys and grown ones, as new corn is apt to cause 

 diarrhoea, y Messrs Browning & Chappell, an illustration of 



