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PRACTICAL POULTRY PRODUCTION 



composed of equal parts of corn meal, middlings, wheat 

 bran, and 10% beef scrap. 



TURKEYS 



The period of fattening turkeys for market usually begins 



about the first of October so as to have them in the best 



^_j^_^ condition for the 



. ^'' ^^"'^^rrr-^ '~~^'-o-_ , Thanksgiving 



and Christmas 

 "^^ trade. 



The method of 

 fattening that is 

 commonly prac- 

 ticed consists of 

 feeding a grain 

 mixture of wheat 

 and oats morn- 

 ing and evening 

 during the first 

 part of the fat- 

 tening period 

 gradually chang- 

 ing the feed to 

 corn as the 

 weather becomes 

 colder and as 

 the period of 

 marketing ap- 

 proaches. It is 

 advisable at first to feed sparingly morning and evening, 

 and gradually increasing the amount until about a week 

 before marketed they are fed three times a day and are 

 given all they will eat. Corn and especially new corn 

 should not be fed to turkeys in any quantity during the 

 first part of the fattening process, as it is apt to cause a 



Figure 286. — Working plans of a portable fatten- 

 ing battery. 



