MANUAL OX POULTRY. 45 



It is rarely profitable to breed turkeys on a small scale or on 

 small runs, but on farms of considerable size where small grain is 

 grown, and where the turkeys have the run of the stubble after the 

 grain has been harvested, they can be reared at small cost and with 

 but little trouble. 



BRONZE GOBBLER. 



The hens commence to lay in early spring and lay from twelve 

 to eighteen eggs each. If allowed their liberty they usually seek 

 their nests in some quiet, secluded spot where they are least likely 

 to be disturbed by the gobbler. Some allow them to select their 

 own nestc- for both laying and sitting , others move them to houses 

 when they show broody propensities, and confine them upon a sit- 

 ting of eggs, removing them daily for the purpose of taking food, 



