RAISING TURKEYS. 197% 
higher price in market, but enhance the reputation of 
‘the producer, and make his market sure for future years. 
The turkey is one of the finished products of the farm 
and one of the greatest luxuries in the market. The 
farmer should do his best in preparing his flock for the 
shambles. The main business now is to lay on fat, and 
the bird should have, every night and morning, a full 
supply of nutritious and fattening food. Instinctively ~ 
the turkey follows his feed, and if the supply is abun- 
dant at the farm-yard he will not stroll far from home. 
Boiled potatoes, mashed, and mixed with meal, and fed 
moderately warm, is a very excellent feed both to pro- 
mote growth and to fatten. If the pigs can be robbed 
of a part of their milk, and it be mixed with a part of 
the hot potatoes and meal, it will very much improve 
the dish. It is very desirable to supply the place of in- 
sects with some kind of animal food, and butchers’ 
scraps is one of the cheapest and most desirable forms of 
food for poultry. Grain should be given at least oncea 
day with the soft and warm feed. Nothing is better 
than sound corn. The Northern corn is thought to con- 
tain more oil than that of Southern growth. Old corn 
should always be used for this purpose. The new corn 
keeps them too loose. In feeding, only so much corn 
should be thrown out as the birds will eat up clean. 
Take a little time to, feed them, and study esthetics as 
you watch the iridescent hues upon the glossy plumage. 
There is nothing more charming upon the farm in the 
whole circle of our feathered dependants than a hundred 
or two of these richly bronzed turkeys feeding near the 
corn-crib. You can afford to enjoy the disappearance 
of corn, while the turkeys are increasing in weight. 
Dreams of a full wallet at Thanksgiving and Christmas 
will not harm you as you look on this interesting sight. 
