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a DECEMBER 25, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
817 
For a small flock suitable to the wants o 
well; the nu , according to s 
authorities, be much more, even up to fifteen, but | the 
smaller number is probably much better, and the age 
e que s 
the chicks o 
The 
o 
m comfort of the birds especially 
ved, have trcs much to do with the varying 
opinions vpn a different growers as to the best 
method of tr 
The тт P ise laid ipii s about sixteen, 
but amounts to as many as twenty at times, and 
it is doubtful whether ner are best Femaved one by 
wed to 
one, as laid, from the nest, or allo o remain, so as 
to be slightly warmed on e return hen. 
Where the turkey c tendency troy 
if t 
any likelihood of fighting over the nest, the removal 
is ended by without doubt one of t 
au es on re urkey ere i 
ce 
[m but ша. сен, damp, i danel? locality, 
with the eggs laid on a layer of bran and lightly 
overed over with nm 6 re good an arrangement as 
for e: preservatio 
h turkeys, as with all other domestic fowls, care 
5 ы taken to pue off eager so that they 
may not be disturbed when they are s A roomy 
lean-to shed against a dry sg or cd building, 
with sides of wooden bars, flagged floor, an 
took answers ыт taking care that it 
"Qu 
iine eeu н 
should be large enough to accommodate the stock 
birds without crowding, There should be stout 
perches, which may be made of Fir r з ы ые 
allow the ould ar. 
titioned off for sitting pens. здала чы is a 
row o о = woode " bars = — to divide it 
rom shed, narrow жр arly set at 
short distances apart, fas E AT E any con- 
venient height to keep 2 intrusion бору above, and 
each nee he by a solid ir neigh- 
bour, a space 
a кууту for the 
With a well-made M, ample in material to keep 
e eggs from about, and secure from chills, 
and anything at hand pl against the open door- 
way to keep out th other birds, the turkey will pro- 
bably sit and hatch well, only requiring to ved 
off and seen safely back feeding time. 
these matters r nstant attention, or 
the hen would very probably not -— са her health 
was injured, and once o reed 
whether she геа г not. It 
is a good plan to place the food and water: a some short 
ercise daily in over it; andit is well also to 
ee a heap of or sand close by for the hen to 
dust in ебат оа 
metimes followed of giving е Кси 
essity 
bread gen d 
is often a great relief to the feverishness of the sitting 
bird towards the end of the period of incubation, 
i d арас fowl might б. 
gs. 
y often prevent her dest oying her own eg; 
he time incubation is usually four weeks, 
varies a littl circu , and towards the = 
the period кач) Sipping in lukew: 
the eggs in 
еме» will probably facili 
is any difficulty E 
5 я 
et 
Е 5 
rt 
t 
unaided at the proper and only to inb 
the gue if it should be сас they are glued in ide 
as to require the egg to be moistened e 
RM hatch Берегу and nearly at once, it is best 
e chicks under the mother, but otherwise 
M be re а temporarily for fear of ору 
‘from amongst the remaining eggs, a d place 
flannel securely in 
soft piece of a basket, or open a 
‘in some warm la that 
though they sho ave warm, soft folds to nestle 
ey 
ighed down by a heavy kitchen 
B: or any other E cottons wrappings. 
that (however 
he may ak. to ‘volunteer for the — it is not 
NS ieee ik Ront of each te 
ges strolling along, eating eve erything 
n their way, gain 
prudent to let the cock bird un РЕ. the sitting 
department ; Nu difficulty is usually quite the other 
way—he is o 
on 
science settling «c qat se hed 
to turn the e ҮЕ experiment could hardly be 
called е. "din any point of v @ 
c 
k after the others, a i how the 
turkey chicks how to eat,” the want of capacity in the 
канааа state being something 
in th 
astonishing, and making it метре to keep the most 
constant watch on their p aig 
EE 
25 
e 
ours s young birds 
ar dis cn course of diet recom- 
is—eggs b soiled hard for the 
first eight di: a thé MER eight days, an ee 
of bread crumbs, pars tles ; then re 
and vegetables without the eggs, and afterwards 
moistened meal, ki iled pas and T millet 
s far as my personal experience g uld 
recommend the addition T bread crumbs rat ther Ө 
for the very young chicks, and (for their slider] Vo 
vary the dietary with any son m which may е 
at hand ; bits of bone to o pull at, 
some fi 
If the young birds will not peck 
health the аи» of jum food m 
small worm-like rolls, and a small quantity gently put 
down their throats occasionally with the greatest 
wh 
ing. “Being lia iab 
ost scrupulous шы should alw 
and espec ay in apt the young Mos 
ean water. 
jur arca 
wast y pas ik idit: di mpi © E 
Am more is ‘requ d, рте. ^ ere there is 
ountry run, nothing mo П be requisite ies the 
birds destined for the fam ay table. 
Where it is allowable the birds will stray widely in 
the autumn, picking up immense quantities of varied 
food from the corn stubble, ae, m the — 
also if it well watched. 
acorns in the 
Beech 
and park groves, Spanish Chestnuts, S, 
n health and vigour in thelr half wild 
life, nd acquire a game-like flavour up pening 
by those accustomed to it to that of the "bin s put up 
bio er and spirit of the cock birds is enough to 
but where a 
wards 
T 
and rapidly and aes remove a whole brood 
n one occasion it was only ч! the ей of the old 
vO t 
the young, that his prese 
bird saved un ET out of his jaws. 
urkeys ca case be recomm mended as 
mental s ditions 
"(like peacocks or many kinds of 
poultry) to pow scenery ; but where they can be 
well selected to begin with, and there are con- 
veniences f th and comfort they r 
and a sufficiently extensive run to keep them from 
being inconveniently obtrusive, they are useful, 
repay muc uble; but for households the same 
mount of car omestic fowl would 
insurea m Minen ben and, 
ch mo 
as far as mere table suppl 
with a neighbour of a couple or c three ree fowls f a 
sized turkey will usually produce often as 
it is учтоо ith far less trouble than seating iton 
premises. 
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