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ing season, and let out each day after they have laid. 

 Such a yard as this will pay on nearly every farm where 

 turkeys are kept, because every egg can be secured, there 

 are no losses from crows, skunks, rats or other vermin, and 

 beside this, no time is lost in "hunting turkeys' nests," or 

 ''watchin' a blamed hen turkey to her eggs." 



This matter of keeping turkeys within bounds is often 

 a most serious one. Of course, turkeys can be marked on 

 their feet, according to the system described on Page 87. 

 Then, too, the system of " shingling, " as described on 

 Page 67, can be employed. But the latter is practical 

 only on a small scale for breeding turkeys, while the for- 

 mer involves a lot of work and does not prevent turkeys 

 from straying. Much " bad blood " is often caused be- 

 tween neighbors by the depredations of straying turkeys, 

 and turkeys often stray away and are lost. All these 

 troubles are obviated by the Page deer park fence, and 

 the experience of Mr. Dawley and others indicates that 

 this fencing can be profitably used for such a purpose, 

 while it is also profitable for fencing against other stock 



