TURKEY RAISING 



readily accomplished if they are driven up to a certain 

 place and fed lightly each night. By following this prac- 

 tice they soon learn to come to this point daily of their 

 own accord. 



Judgment must be exercised in determining whether or 

 not the range supplies feed enough early in the season, 

 and it is often necessary to continue to supply some feed 

 until grasshoppers become plentiful. Where on account 

 of unfavorable weather or an unfavorable condition of the 

 range or any other cause it seems to be best to keep the 

 poults cooped more or less, great care must be exercised 

 in their proper feeding, remembering that for the first 

 two days after hatching they require no feed. During 

 this time clean fresh water and a little coarse sand with 

 perhaps a little green feed to pick at is all that they will 

 need, but beginning -with the third day it is necessary to 

 supply them with feed, the amount required varying ac- 

 cording to the amount of natural feed which they are able 

 to secure for themselves outside of the coop. The most 

 careful judgment of the turkey raiser must be exercised 

 in this particular. 



The poults must be kept hungry all the time. They 

 should never be fed so much that their desire for ranging 

 in search of feed is destroyed as this will lead to a lack of 

 exercise with consequent digestive and other troubles. If 

 the amount of natural feed which they can secure is very 

 scarce or if it is necessary to keep the poults from ranging 

 outside to any extent, they should be fc*d lightly about 

 five times a day. If they are allowed to run outside the 



