118 TURKEY CULTURE. 



If a turkey becomes sick, it should be isolated at once 

 from the others, to prevent spread of the disease. Land 

 over which diseased fowls wander will be contaminated 

 and infect other flocks. Turkeys require plenty of pure 

 water and must not be allowed to drink from stagnant 

 pools, as this may produce bowel troubles. It is useless to 

 doctor a very sick turkey better to kill and bury deep at 

 once. Prevention is better than cure, and if the follow- 

 ing dose is given fortnightly, or even monthly, throughout 

 the year, to either turkeys or chickens, there will be little 

 necessity for cholera cure : Two ounces cayenne pepper, 

 two ounces sulphur, two ounces alum and two ounces cop- 

 peras. Mix all together and add two tablespoonfuls to 

 eight quarts of corn meal, and wet the mixture with sweet 

 milk or warm water. This will feed forty fowls. 



One may profitably practice giving two broods of young 

 turkeys to one mother when hatched at the same time, as 

 one turkey can hover from twenty-five to thirty little ones 

 during the critical period in their lives, after which they 

 do not need much hovering. The other mother, after be- 

 ing closely confined out of sight and hearing of the little 

 ones for one week, will quickly mate and lay again. This 

 is very practicable and desirable when the first broods are 

 hatched in May, or earlier, as the second hatchings are of- 

 ten the best, only a little later ready for market. 



SEGOXD PRIZE ESSAY. 



BY MRS. C. P. SUTTON, TKUMBULL COUNTY, OHIO. 



How will I make a start I Buy a trio of turkeys, a torn 

 and two hens, or purchase eggs and set them under hens. 

 My experience favors the former, and three turkey hens 

 will give better results with but little more outlay and 

 care. The extra expense of turkeys over eggs will be am- 

 ply repaid before the laying season is over. Purchase the 

 stock from a reliable dealer. The torn and hens should 

 not be related or inbred, and should be thick-limbed and 



