Арві. 12, 1919.j 
CROPS AND STOCK ON THE HOME 
TURKEYS, 
` Befo ore а e Ме І reared 200 turkeys yearly ; 
last yea: nbus ан one dozen! ' With a 
E plentiful aoe of food the 
wil 
difficulties 
how often during 
day she moved the coops? She looked 
[ ing: “ Why, 
only move them twice a week!” Т replied that 
they should be moved ius daily, and if shifted 
three times, all the bet A hen 
n a 
confined within a уе 4 square feet Mis 
taint the grou nd cleanliness is one of 3 
most important details in the successful rearing 
of any poultry, and especially turkeys. Dam 
s another evil to b d Мави; а соп- 
tinuation of damp sure cause 
one of Rhee ОЬ: vil that 
befall young turkeys eeiam 
EA sunny, situation, уан 
east winds in a урт 
favourable to succ 
ered from north and 
s feld, provide conditions 
the first w 
^g the hen Hi be apon the 
Fi ОУ, СКД and finding 
of ix ев just chipped 
d u spe using suffoca 
How the lts to remai the or "for 
: to bed А агу ап 
о food is required by the poults during 
ed into t| 
EE 
taken some. If pans of at 
g about, the ропе are su qc 
em when 
? COOp is useful in ‘curtailing their ‘adept 
ns during show pay weather, when they should 
THE GARDENERS 
be k s dry as possible. When the grass is 
€ vin. же dews in the morning it is not 
to let young turkeys out of the coop too 
earl ves 
Young turkeys revel in warm, dry conditions— 
a ура. summer suits them’ admirably, pro- 
vided shade is given them with boughs, майы, 
от tte during the hottest part of the day 
Work і Woops 
Where egular annual rotation of cutting 
underw dod is deleri acd ould be com- 
nm by the. third wee 
in the various ki d 
the various underw e lar тве x a en е 
e hurdles a 
nan % feet Jong, 3 deot iride by [wed x 
А of 
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ма Sene d the first. ising se. 
CH RON 1 CLE. 
185 
TRADE NOTES. 
TWENTY-SIX years ago the ic : Мое 
and the district decided on for 
association to protect Mee зд оп trespass 
After:a while the -need for all so 
lapsed. Now He times ее зоте thing p 
wider scope. Morpeth is an important market- 
growing шен, kid has been one of the first in 
the Ki 
that part Singlo to recognise the neces- 
sity for organisation 
Mr. R. Wy Secretar ry of the Chamber 
of 
Horticulture, was оа to meet the Committe 
Fruit Growers 
of the Morpeth Market Gardeners, 
nd Nu ery en’s sociation, at their ory 
quarters recently, he purpose of conferring 
with them as to iba а of wer activities. 
After discussio was decide invite the 
cia ing districts in эне Biper апа 
u ith them in forming a 
centralised bod t Th d 
he former city. A eser 
cultivators are EU their vi 
and willingness to join in the лел 146 
W. Y. Price, Esq., Morpeth, or to the e Secretary, 
FIG. mn HURDLE MAKING. 
pally, all interwoven together, which is qui 
skilled art, and unfortunately а to become 
extinct, as the younger Leges ion do not 
ed ute ca 
is 
down. [к Ый ani laid а а beso a e for 
handling (see fig. 80), koe facilitating the selec- 
tion oF the suitable “ rods," as they are e 
About —€— ш аге required f for one “pile” of 
hurdles, ting of ten doze: 
The ы бй аге fixed in in the field by stakes 5 
feet long, commonly “ shores °’; these 
are held Sei. genet by eliackles made of "wyths 
of galv. rege omc ‚ the whole then being made 
taut an ы, 
beyond tha Mas or rudis all of which is use 
r sale. Th 
her. requi 
ents o ugher portions for 
firewood, which the’ da " has been à boon. 
. Molyn 
of Horticulture, 11, Adam ее 
аар London, W.C.2. 
The Chamber yis enum tone been 
wipe he obtain Tip dnas 
te selling 
at prices ok relative to the costs ot | production 
Continental growers, who have more favourable 
Gadhon for growing in regard to wa ир Т; 
are enabled to compete w with British growers on 
her than equitable lines, and the tim w 
arrived when, in p: ace of vague reports of 
dumping having taken he 
cha; 
Members of gos trade are therefore ae 
x ited to зичу the Statistical Assistant Sec- 
ary, Chamber of puberes i am 
[Vatt Adelphi, London, W.C.2, full informa- 
tion regarding specific cases which leave come 
under tr n notice 
erg X gh not one of. the few Dad nursery- 
, I was interested 
in ape eee on this subject ‘in n de to hus- 
bandry on p. ow Aour eigen аен remarks 
remind m mapi my ees opin 
by an Inco ах ea ery agen the effect 
thet å it is doubtful if nurseries are он sub- 
t to assessment under Schedule D (earnings), 
P 
pter and verse should be supplied. . 
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