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next serves an excellent purpose when the brood is. 

 hatched. Securely fasten an eight or ten-inch board 

 across the lower end so that the little turkeys cannot 

 squeeze out, but be sure to leave sufficient space sO' 

 that the hen can leave or return if she sees fit. With 

 a barrel so arranged the poults are not apt to become 

 either chilled or lost and they are very easily caught 

 when it is desired to move them. 



Setting Turkeys — The first clutch of eggs should 

 be set under chicken hens. Break up the broody turkey 

 and she will soon go to laying again. Before setting 

 the eggs, sprinkle the nest and turkey with pyrethrum 

 powder or sulphur to prevent trouble from lice or 

 mites, either of which may cause her to desert the eggs.. 

 The hen turkey is usually allowed to hatch the second 

 clutch. The turks will be a little more trouble, as the- 

 turkey mother is more apt to wander farther from, 

 home than the hen. By driving them home for a few 

 nights they will soon learn to return, especially if fed 

 at the coop. Never leave them out over night, as they 

 will most likely become the prey of some marauding- 

 animals. A whole flock may be destroyed during one 

 night by foxes. The mother turkey is also likely to 

 start on her travels before the grass is dry, dragging- 

 her little ones after her, often causing serious loss. 

 Move coops to a clean spot every other day at first,. 

 and later every day. 



FEED AND CARE OF YOUNG TURKEYS 



After the young are thirty-six hours old remove 

 all to a good sized coop and place the coop where there 

 is plenty of grass. If the grass is long mow it off. 

 For early in the season be sure to have a movable 

 board bottom to the coop and clean this oflf and sand 

 every day. Dampness and filth mean death. After the 



