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entire skim milk must be fed from the start, and tliis is taken 

 better if soured. Turkeys fed the curd when small will later 

 refuse both the whey or the whole milk, and a great proportion 

 of curd-fed turkeys show faulty bone development, often so 

 marked as to make standing and walking impossible. 



The conditions favoring the development of blackhead are 

 found on almost every farm, and unless provision is made to 

 remedy these conditions turkey raising must be considered a 

 most unpromising proposition. The question now arises as to 

 whether there will be any profit in turkey raising with the ex- 

 pense of maintaining young turkeys in isolation from other 

 poultry. This will depend, to a large extent, upon location, 

 and whether one can spare time and attention from other 

 occupation. 



Practical Suggestions. 



The fundamental points in turkey raising may be briefly 

 outlined as follows: — 



1. Hatching free from contact with old turkeys and common hens. 



2. Proper diet to insure rapid growth. 



3. Proper housing and restraint. 



4. Protection from intestinal worms. 



5. Protection from animals and birds of prey. 



Hatching and Brooder-raised. — Fertile eggs should be in- 

 cubated, or set under a hen until twenty-four or forty-eight 

 hours before hatching, when they should be transferred to a 

 clean and properly running incubator. After the turkeys are 

 twenty-four to thirty-six hours old they should be placed in a 

 brooder which must also be clean and properly heated. This 

 insures the young turkeys a start in life comparatively free from 

 various parasites, such as lice and intestinal worms, which in 

 the early weeks they seem less well prepared to accommodate 

 than as adults. 



Diet. — Young turkeys are finicky about their food, and it is 

 rather difficult to get them to accept food with which they are 

 not already familiar. For this reason it is important to supply 

 from the very first the articles of food which are to comprise 

 their subsequent diet. On removal from the incubator they 

 are given a sip or so of clean water and placed beneath the 



