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erly constructed and judiciously used, they will save their 

 entire cost in one or two seasons. 



Build them any convenient length, twenty or more feet. 

 Let the width be ten feet at the bottom, roof ten feet, 

 with a receding front seven and one-half feet high, and 

 four and one-half feet high in the rear. Have the roof 

 boards project a little in front, and six or eight inches at 

 the rear. It can be made of rough boards battened, and 

 he roof covered with Standard roofing paper. Keep the 

 mother hens in coops in the back part of the shed, and give 

 the little turkeys the freedom of the floor. On pleasant 

 days, after the dew is off, open the doors and give all lib- 

 erty until night, but on rainy days keep the broods shut in. 

 Move the coops often and rake the sand. In a shed like 

 this, say twenty feet long, you can shelter one hundred to 

 one hundred and twenty-five young turkeys easily, until 

 they are grown of sufficient size and age to be out at all 

 times in all weathers. 



Sheds for sheltering broods of little turkeys at night 

 may be made, as shown in Figs. 19 and 20. These are six 

 feet long, three feet wide, three feet high in front, and 

 two feet at rear. Of course they may be made higher 

 and wider. Slats are best for front, if sheds are large, 

 as there is less danger of injury to turkeys by flying 

 against them. 



MARKING TURKEYS FOR IDENTIFICATION. 



SAMUEL CCTSHMAN. 



As previously stated, turkeys do not thrive unless al- 

 lowed free range. If enclosed in a large park by woven 

 wire fence, or kept on an island, they can be controlled, 

 but when given full liberty they roam over adjoining 

 farms. In a neighborhood where many keep them, the 

 different flocks are liable to meet, run together and get 

 pretty well mixed. If not separated immediately, thejr 

 may roost together, and roam as one flock tfce rest of the 



