TURKEY CULTUBE. 



one of whose flocks is given in Fig. 21, use corn bread, aa 

 suggested in this chapter, but in making this bread the 

 meal is mixed with sweet milk, and is given time to swell, 

 and is then baked. After a few weeks, a portion of 

 scalded cracked corn is mixed with the crumbs, and the 

 proportion is gradually increased until clear scalded 



cracked corn is giv- 

 en. They consider 

 it very important 

 that the cracked 

 corn be always well 

 scalded and allowed 

 to swell before feed- 

 ing. On cold or 

 stormy days a small 

 quantity of black pepper is added to the bread crumbs or 

 cracked corn. They find that turkeys that forage on 

 green oats will have diarrhoea. 



At the Rhode Island Station it was found that confin- 

 ing the little turkeys at night prevents their being 

 entangled and lost in 

 the long, wet grass, 

 but it is detrimental 

 to their welfare and 

 should not be contin- 

 ued too long. If pos- 

 sible, they should have 



FIG. 19. SHED FOB SHELTERING LITTLE 

 TURKEYS AT NIGHT. 



FIG. 20. 



SHED FOR SHELTERING LITTLE 

 TURKEYS AT NIGHT. 



full liberty where the 

 grass is short. Their nature is such that they need cold 

 aii and a great deal of exercise. Restriction of liberty, 

 with light feeding, soon puts them out of condition; 

 while full feeding, even with liberty, prevents their tak- 

 ing full exercise, and causes disease of the digestive 

 organs, and they are lost or do not thrive. 



If the young birds have done well at six or eight 

 weeks, they begin to "throw the red," as it is termed. 



