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square, made by boards laid on their edges 

 md secured by wooden pegs. In one cor- 

 ler of this enclosure have a suitable coop, 

 boarded at the bottom, and with a door, 

 which should be closed in wet weather. 



Young turkeys are very delicate, and wet 

 /veather is their greatest enemy. So well 

 is this known, that our farmers anticipate 

 from what they call " a wet spell," the de- 

 struction of the greater part of their brood. 

 This, however, only happens under the old- 

 fashioned " let alone" policy. 



The food for young turkeys is Indian 

 meal, with the yolks of eggs chopped fine, 

 and rnilk turned to curds. As they grow 

 older, they may be furnished with grain, 

 and occasionally refuse pieces of meat, chop- 

 ped up fine. Where it is proposed to raise 

 turkeys on a large scale, it v/ould be a good 

 plan to keep them within a large enclosure, 

 with a few trees in it to allow them to roost 

 on. By clipping one of the wings of the old 

 ones, arid of the young when half grown, 

 the necessity for a very high fence is obvia- 

 ted. After the hens have commenced sit- 



