122 TURKEY CULTURE. 



Ing, look for lice. You can scarcely see the large gray 

 ones that burrow deep in the top of the head, and you 

 may look a six-weeks-old turkey all over and not find a 

 louse, when, if you will examine the deep creases on top 

 of the wing, you will find it swarming with big, gray pests. 

 The little turks need clean water, bone meal, gravel and 

 the dust bath. If you have no chopper, buy weekly some 

 stale beef, cut it up, and see how greedily the little turks 

 devour it. Give a few drops of Douglas mixture twice a 

 week in the drinking water or in sweet milk. If the turks 

 show signs of diarrhoea, give a few drops of spiced syrup 

 of rhubarb and powdered chalk with their soft food or in 

 milk. The coop is moved in two weeks, always to dry, 

 clean quarters and away from any animal pests. If the 

 weather is pleasant, when the turks are a month old turn 

 the hen out. Three times a day is often enough to feed 

 them now. Always be sure they are in their coop at night 

 and do not let them out until the dew is off, or if it is 

 stormy. The turkey hen will only go a short distance 

 when turks are young, and will stop wherever a storm 

 overtakes her and hover her young, while a common hen 

 tries to see how much ground she can cover in a day, and 

 runs for shelter when it rains. We have never lost a turkey 

 rom gapes or roup and never a small one from cholera. 



After the turks are half grown, if they have good forage. 

 feed twice a day, always being sure they are at home at 

 night and counted. If the gobbler shows a bad disposition 

 and kills young turks or chickens, dispose of him as soon 

 as practicable. We have had hens lay a second time when 

 turks were a month old, and the torn assumed the care of 

 her first flock. Feed your turks for growth until Nov. 1, 

 when those to be fattened should be separated from 

 breeding stock, and feed plenty of corn and corn meal. 

 The last week it is well to coop them up. 



The best results in marketing turkeys are obtained by 

 taking an order book and going to private houses and 



