314 PROFITS IN POULTRY. 
near together are looked after daily, to see that they 
return to their own nests. 
Mr. Tucker at first experienced some trouble in hay- 
ing turkeys come off with a few young, those late in 
hatching being left to their fate. This was partly over- 
come by setting eggs of the same age. By feeding hens 
with dough when the eggs are due to hatch, they are 
also contented to stay on the nest longer. When the 
turkeys are a couple of days old and seem quite strong, 
they are placed in a basket, and, with the hen, removed 
to a remote part of the farm. Triangular pens, made of 
three boards, twelve feet long. and one foot high, are 
placed in the fields, where it is intended the flocks shall 
stay until nearly grown. They are not located near 
together, lest the different flocks attract each other’s 
attention. But four or five of the pens are put in-a 
twenty-acre field. The little turkeys or poults are put 
in one of these pens with some dough, and the hen is 
gently placed beside them. In releasing the hen, Mr. 
Tucker takes pains to step quickly back toward the 
wind, that, if frightened, she may go in a direction in 
which the cries of her young may be heard and tring 
her to them. The pens are removed to fresh ground 
frequently. Care is taken that the pens are placed on 
ground free from hollows that may hold water, for some 
turkeys, when hovering their brood in such places, will 
remain in them while they fill with rain and the brood 
is drowned. After five or six days, when the young are 
strong enough to follow the hen without being worn-out, 
and have become so familiar with the attendant that 
they will come when called, they are let ont of the pens 
and allowed free range. 
In feeding and looking after this number of turkeys, 
the attendant, usually one of Mr. Tucker’s daughters, 
has to walk about three miles to go the rounds. Until 
four weeks old their food consists of corn meal mixed 
