154 TURKEY CULTURE. 



old, three times is sufficient, and twice a day at four 

 weeks; give all they will eat morning and evening. Keep 

 pure water in a shallow dish convenient. 



I never have sick turkeys and seldom lose one except 

 from accident. I shut them up at night for safety, and do 

 not let them out until the dew is off, or nearly so. If a 

 cold, damp morning, I feed them in the stable. If a sud- 

 den shower comes up, put in the turkeys; they cannot 

 stand wet for the first six or eight weeks. When they 

 have attained that age they are very hardy, able to get 

 their own living, provided they have the run of the farm, 

 as mine have, and will do better roosting out of doors. 

 When preparing for market do not shut up to fatten, but 

 teed well on corn and buckwheat and let them run out. 



