310 PROFITS IN POULTRY. 
two tablespoonfuls to eight quarts of corn meal, and wet 
the mixture with sweet milk or warm water. This will 
feed forty fowls. 
One may profitably practice giving two broods of 
young turkeys to one mother when hatched at the same 
time, as one turkey can hover from twenty-five to thirty 
little ones during the critical period in their lives, after 
which they do not need much hovering. The other 
mother, after being closely confined out of sight and 
hearing of the little ones for one week, will quickly 
mate and lay again. This is very practicable and desir- 
able when the first broods are hatched in May, or earlier, 
as the second hatchings are often the best, only a little 
later ready for market. 
THE RHODE ISLAND SYSTEM. 
Of late years Prudence Island has been one of the 
leading turkey-producing sections. Over 800 turkeys 
were raised there in 1892. George Tucker raises the 
largest number, and probably produces more turkeys 
than anyone in Rhode Island. In 1888 he raised 225 
turkeys from 22 hens; in 1889, 306 from 28 hens; in 
1890, 340 from 30 hens; in 1891, 322 from 36 hens, and 
in 1892, 425 from 35 hens. Previous to 1888 he had only 
average success, but since that time, owing to an im- 
provement in his management, he has had but very little 
loss. He credits his present success to having gained a 
clearer understanding of the requirements of turkeys, as 
well as to having procured from Connecticut a very fine 
gobbler, by means of which he increased the hardiness 
of his flock. He has since been more careful in selecting 
new blood. 
He found that young turkeys that were kept near the 
house or under the trees in the orchard, did not thrive ; 
many had swelled heads and soon died. On the other 
hand, those placed on the highest and dryest pastures, 
