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ones may be kept in this kind of inclosure until they are 
large enough to jump up and make their escape. 
12. Shooting the red——Where the coop cannot be 
placed upon short grass, ample green feed should be sup- 
plied daily. It is also 
important to give plenty 
of grit and charcoal and 
especially necessary to 
fight lice from the very 
start. It is not safe to 
use kerosene on turkeys. 
Insect powder is satis- 
factory and harmless. 
Pens should always be | — 
situated on dry soil. 
Nothing is so important 
as to maintain cleanli- 
ness and to keep the little ones dry until after their heads 
have become red. Up to this time of “shooting the red” 
is a trying period for poults. After they have passed it 
they are much more hardy. During the development of 
the red itself more animal feed than usual should be 
given. 
13. Feeding.—Perhaps the most general favorite for 
turkeys a day old is hard-boiled eggs and stale bread 
soaked in milk but squeezed comparatively dry. Gen- 
erally the egg is fed a day or two before the bread. When 
a week or ten days old, clabber is often used. When 
about two weeks old, many breeders give a mixture of 
equal parts of milk and corn meal, middlings or some 
other meal. This is allowed to swell for several hours 
before being fed, so as to prevent any possible danger 
of swelling after being eaten. About this time cracked 
corn and wheat are often given in the evening. 
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