TURKEY RAISING 



Selling Turkeys Alive 



The majority of turkey raisers sell their birds alive. 

 This is true in practically all cases except for local trade, 

 and in some sections of the country where the areas of 

 production are situated fairly close to the large markets 

 such, for example, as New England and New York State. 

 The usual manner of selling is for the producer to ship 

 his turkeys by express if he is fairly close to a good 

 market and the number of birds he has to handle rela- 

 tively few, to sell them to a poultry produce concern or 

 poultry buyer in the nearby village, or to sell them to 

 turkey buyers who may visit his farm. The size of 

 coop used for shipping turkeys alive varies greatly. In 

 some states the law requires that the coops be not less 

 than 2 feet high in order to make them more comfortable 

 for the turkeys. Many shippers, however, use coops 

 which are 1 6 to 20 inches high, and if anything, the tur- 

 keys will go through in coops of this height with less 

 loss than in the higher coops, due to the fact that it 

 is impossible for the birds to get on top of one another. 

 A cheap, simply constructed coop often used is one 2 

 feet 4 inches wide, 3 feet 10 inches long, and 19 inches 

 high, constructed with a solid wooden bottom and with 

 a wooden frame covered with wire. This coop is divided 

 into two sections by means of a partition in the center. 

 If desired, the coop can, of course, be made higher than 

 this. 



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