TURKEY RAISING 



range a long way. This can be prevented to some extent 

 and probably most effectively by driving the turkeys into 

 a fenced enclosure such as might be used for a breeding 

 pen in the spring and keeping them there until about 

 noon. During the warm weather the turkeys do most 

 of their ranging in the morning. During the heat of the 

 day they are inclined to stay in the shade and not range 

 very far. By confining them during the morning, there- 

 fore, they will not start ranging until late in the afternoon 

 and are not likely to go very far. If the practice is made 

 of feeding the turkeys each morning in the pen where 

 they are to be confined, they will go there of their own ac- 

 cord when they come down from the roosts and no great 

 trouble will ensue in shutting them up. Clipping the flight 

 feathers of one wing will prevent them from flying out of 

 the pen. 



It may sometimes pay, if a considerable flock of tur- 

 keys is reared, to hire a boy or two to herd the birds. 

 This will make it possible to protect the flocks from the 

 attacks of any animals and will also prevent any difficulty 

 from the birds going on neighbors' farms without per- 

 mission. It also makes it possible to drive the birds and 

 keep them in any particular field where the insects may 

 be bad and where they can do the most good. With some- 

 one to look after the flock of turkeys and keep them 

 within bounds, there will often be calls from the neigh- 

 bors for the flock to be turned into fields where they are 

 having trouble with grasshoppers or other insects, and 



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