viii CONTENTS 



CHAPTER IV 



FACE 



INCUBATION OF TURKEY EGGS 67 



Period of incubation Methods of hatching Num- 

 ber of eggs to set Nest for sitting hen Setting the 

 hen Management of sitting hen Dusting the sitting 

 hen for lice Hatching with chicken hens Hatching 

 with an incubator. 



CHAPTER V 



BROODING AND REARING THE YOUNG STOCK 78 



Protection for the poults Rearing poults by arti- 

 ficial means Feeding the poults Lice on poults 

 Marking and pedigreeing turkeys Feathering of 

 poults Shooting or throwing the red Distinguish- 

 ing the sexes Management of growing turkeys. 



CHAPTER VI 

 MARKETING 102 



Time of marketing Size of young turkeys Princi- 

 pal markets and market demands Fattening turkeys 

 Caponizing Selling turkeys alive Killing and 

 dressing Packing Turkey feathers Dressing on 

 the farm Shipping turkeys alive Market prices. 



CHAPTER VII 



INSECT PESTS, DISEASES AND PREDATORY ANIMALS . . . 124 

 Lice Stick tight fleas or chiggers Diseases 

 General disease preventive measures Blackhead 

 Chicken pox or sore head Roup Limberneck 

 Crop bound Worms Gapes Bumblef oot Diar- 

 rhoea or bowel trouble Predatory animals. 



INDEX 147 



