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may be used. This can be locked securely, while at 

 the same time providing plenty of fresh air. But 

 whenever possible let the turkeys choose their roost 

 if they can find easy access to apple trees on rising- 

 ground, rather than a valley. They should be fed 

 away from the house, and not encouraged to intimate 

 association with the hens and other fowls. A flock 

 properly tamed will seldom venture into the woods for 

 laying, but where nests are provided, will usually will- 

 ingly seek them. An inclosure with wire netting, and 



FIG. 107 INCLOSED ROOSTING SHED FOR TURKEYS 



nests provided therein, may be used, and the birds, 

 confined within for a half day during the season, or 

 with a little more watchfulness, nests can be built 

 against the barn or other buildings. 



Keeping Turkeys in Confinement — An experi- 

 ment of confining turkeys in yards was tried recently 

 by the South Carolina experiment station. A trio of 

 Bronze and a trio of White Holland turkeys were con- 

 fined in runs eighty by lOO feet, in which were placed 



