TURKEYS AND. HOW TO RAISE THEM 



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Some of Ed Hart's Mammoth Bronze Turkeys on the Range, Clements. 



The bronze turkey is the heaviest of all the varieties. It re- 

 quires two years to get the full weight, at which time it should 

 weigh 36 pounds for cocks and 20 pounds for hens. 



Turkeys have been called the "farmers' friend," and there is no 

 doubt that turkey raising on a small scale is more profitable than 

 any other branch of the poultry industry and that turkeys will 

 bring larger cash returns than any other stock upon the farm. 

 They cost very little to raise, they eat the waste grain in the fields 

 and barnyard, besides the seed of many harmful weeds. They 

 consume an immense number of grasshoppers, grubs, worms and 

 insects which would otherwise greatly injure the farmers' crops, 

 and they are not difficult to raise if they are not overfed. 



One writer asks if chick feed is a proper and safe food for little 

 turkeys, and another requests me to tell her exactly how I feed 

 and care for the little turkeys. 



Chick food is neither a safe nor a proper food for little turkeys, 

 although it is a most excellent food for little chicks- In fact, you 

 may be sure of success when you feed it to chickens and failure if 

 you feed it to turkeys. Later on I will try to explain this. 



Now, as to my way of rearing turkeys. I am glad to give it, be- 

 cause now I raise every turkey that is hatched, barring accidents, 

 as some will drown in the cows' trough and occasionally one or 



