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for that matter, should not be fed in a sloppy or 

 very moist condition. Coarse bread baked for the 

 purpose, if softened with milk, is highly prized. 



It should be borne in mind that young turkeys are 

 seed- and insect-eaters and not slop-eaters. While 

 bread, milk, and eggs contain the elements most 

 necessary for the growth of the young of nearly all 

 fowls, yet it is important to have this food properly 

 prepared as regards water content. Scalded bran 

 and corn meal, to which some finely chopped hard- 

 boiled 'eggs have been added, is relished, and is a 

 satisfactory food. As the poults become older, they 

 may be fed bran, Indian meal and ground oats (the 

 hulls removed) which have been thoroughly soaked. 

 Freshly moistened meal foods are not equal to the 

 same food that has become thoroughly softened by 

 soaking or scalding. Thick sour milk or curd may 

 be mixed with the soft foods to good advantage. 



When the birds are beginning to "feather out," 

 cracked corn may be added to the ration. Some 

 successful poultry -raisers, however, recommend 

 soaking the cracked corn at first. Later in the season 

 whole corn may be fed. Old corn is preferred to new. 



GUINEA FOWLS 



These fowls are not reared in large numbers on 

 farms devoted to that particular purpose, as are 

 chickens and ducks, but comparatively small numbers 



