RATION FOR BREEDING SEASON— Equal parts by weight of 

 ground oats, cornmeal, wheat bran, wheat middlings, meat scrap, mixed with 

 sour skim milk. Oats is the best all around grain at breedmg time. 



During breeding season turkeys should always be given free range all 

 day and allowed to roost at home in the open. They like high roosts and 

 fresh air. Let them have their way and you will see their big bodies 

 looming up on a ridge pole or some high tree branch. 



Turkey hens lay from thirty-five to' forty eggs during the season. Time 

 for incubation is twenty-eight days. Some poultrymen use hens for hatching, 

 but there is great danger from lice- unless extra care is taken. However, 

 by giving the first clutch to sitting hens you can keep the turkeys laying. 

 Dusi ng the nest and hen with CONKEY'S LICE POWDER at frequent in- 

 tervals will settle that problem. Remember that lice will kill a poult in very 

 short time. 



Young poults thrive best on woodland range, where they will not get 

 tangled in wet grass and can pick up most of their living. But if con- 

 fined, try to' change their runs from day to day. Disinfect thoroughly 

 using NOX-I-CIDE to sweeten the ground and to thoroughly clean all 

 utensils. 



DUCKS 



This is another branch of the poultry industry which has not been fully 

 appreciated. Duck raising is certainly profitable. Ducks are easier to manage 

 than chickens, have fewer diseases and mature more quickly. But it takes 



good sense and proper attention to 

 necessary details to make a success of 

 the business. 



Ducks are raised chiefly for meat, 

 but their eggs are a valuable food 

 product and with proper management 

 and feeding there is not that strong 

 flavor which has hitherto been an 

 objection. Duck eggs are large and 

 they always command from five cents 

 to ten cents more per dozen in the 

 market. For cooking they go about 

 one-third farther. Ducks commence 

 laying when about five months old. 



The American Standard of Per- 

 fection recognizes twelve varieties : 

 the Aylesbury, which is the market 

 duck of England, a slaty-white bird, good laying and rapid growing; the 

 Rouen, brilliantly colored, marked sometimes like the original Mallard; the 

 Pekin, which is the favorite market duck of America, the largest white 

 duck in the world, of early maturing and good laying qualities; the Cayuga, 

 strictly an American breed, originating around Lake Cayuga, N. Y., (black in 

 color) ; Crested White; Indian Runner, called the "Leghorn of the Duck fam- 

 ily" because of its heavy laying, smaller than the Pekin, very early maturing 

 and growing more and more popular in this country ; the Blue Swedish ; the 

 .White Muscovy; the Colored Musocovy, the eccentric duck that never 

 quacks, and also having other little peculiarities, insisting on building a 

 nest and taking an extra week to hatch; the Gray Call, used principally as 



lUustration No. 19. Feldn Ducks. 



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