20 W. COOKS TURKEY, GOOSE, AND PHEASANT BOOK. 



amount of pleasure when one can rear his own turkey for 

 the table, besides having one or two to give away to a 

 friend, and should it be a poor man, who cannot afford to 

 give it away, a nice fat turkey will always sell well 

 at Christmas. 



They cost but very little to keep ; be a man ever so 

 poor he can always manage to find a few coppers each 

 week for their food, besides people living in towns come in 

 for so many scraps from the neighbours, who are often only 

 too pleased to get rid of all the refuse. 



In all cases it is better to have the run long and narrow, 

 rather than wide and short, and the turkeys can walk from 

 end to end fly catching during the Summer. , 



Young turkeys which are reared in confined runs are 

 wonderfully tame, and those who are experienced in the 

 management of them know how easy it is to drive them about. 



They can be driven through a town like a flock of 

 sheep, especially when they have been reared on a small 

 space of ground, so that if the owner has another piece of 

 garden or path where they can get a little exercise, he need 

 not be at all frightened of them running away, and turkeys 

 are not like fowls, they do not scratch. 



When turkeys are brought up in confinement they 

 have to be fed in a little different way if size is an object, 

 because when they have a large range they are able to pick 

 up an immense quantity of green-stuff, especially dande- 

 lions, and a substitute for these must be given when they 

 have only a small run. 



They should be fed the first few weeks exactly in the way 

 laid down in the chapter on " feeding," and after they are 



