2 2 w. cook's turkey, goose, and pheasant hook. 



To overcome this difficulty it is best to sow a little 

 wheat, barley, or oats in small boxes and let them grow 

 from li in. to 3 in. If there is a scarcity of ground, these 

 boxes can be placed in any little out-buildings, or even up 

 the garden path. 



When corn is sown in the Summer it comes up in two 

 or three days, and if it is well watered is about 3 yi in. long 

 in three or four days. One box should be given to the 

 turkeys each day, the size of the box being according to 

 the number of turkeys. It is a good thing to sow lettuce 

 seeds in this way, but the best food of all for young 

 turkeys is mustard seed, that grows wonderfully fast, and if 

 put in the sun is up in a couple of days at most. It 

 should be allowed to grow rather long, as it gets much 

 otter, which makes it excellent for young turkeys. There 

 is nothing they do so well on in the way of green food as 

 young mustard, and the birds are very fond of it at 

 he same time. 



Turkeys which are kept in confinement should have a 

 good deal of their corn boiled and given to them hot. 

 It should be put in cold water in a saucepan by the fire, 

 and when it comes to the boil it should be stood on one 

 side at once, then it will soak the water up and not burst. 



If young turkeys hatched in April are fed and managed 

 in the way I have described, and the eggs come 

 from large stock birds, they can be got up to between 

 18 and 26 lbs. by Christmas. 



If the run gets dirty in any way it should be swept up in 

 dry weather, but if it is wet the top should be just skimmed 

 off, and some fresh soil and cinder ashes laid down. 



