112 Money in Broilers and Squabs. 



While fattening, turkeys require plenty of ventilation, fresh 

 air, and should have a good supply of grit, sand and lime rubbish 

 to aid digestion. 



Three weeks are considered sufficient time for fattening the 

 hens, and a little longer for the cocks, provided the birds are in 

 good condition when put up. 



"I vsrould not advise anyone, however, to embark in turkey 

 rearing unless the locality be a dry one ; for a damp, marshy, cold 

 soil is fatal, and no amount of drainage can make it fit for turkeys," 

 ■writes a correspondent in Rural New-Yorker. "No matter how 

 rocky, sandy or broken it may be, the fowls will be healthy ; in fact, 

 if the soil does not contain sand and gravel, both should be pro- 

 vided." 



The turkey crop hatched previous to June i should attain good 

 growth by last of November, the cock birds reaching lo or 12 

 pounds. 



Charcoal is a valuable article in the diet of turkeys, both old and 

 young. 



A Kansas lady feeds her turkey chicks every two hours for the 

 first 10 days. 



Geo. Enty says that on any ground upon which people can live 

 turkeys will thrive. 



Patience should be the rule in raising turkeys. 



A little sand should be mixed daily with soft feed for the 

 young. 



Cleanliness prevents much of the mortality among the 

 young. 



Turkeys cannot be successfully brooded artificially. 



The bulk of the turkey crop is brought out by hens. 



The largest flocks and the most thrifty looking turkeys, are 

 found on farms having high, dry land, which has a light growth of 

 grass, and where a new breeding gobbler has lately been introduced. 



"Whatever you feed, don't feed wheat bread ; you might as well 

 feed them putty, in my opinion. Though only a farmer's wife, I 

 have had good success raising turkeys on a small scale for twenty 

 years," says Mrs. Lottie E. Waring, in Coleman's Rural World. 



Infertility in turkey eggs is mainly due to an overfat condition 

 of the breeding stock. 



Fermentation in the crop, common in turkeys, is prevented in 

 the feedihg of charcoal. 



If you begin feeding the turkeys of? a board, it will be difficult 

 to get them to eat off the ground, and vice-versa. 



It is said that in Scotland when the young turkeys droop they 

 are given a drop of whisky; in France they get a teaspoonful of 

 wine. 



Mrs. Stella G. Northington, in Fancy Fowls, advises granulated 

 oatmeal, cracked corn and whole wheat as a good evening ration 

 for young turkeys. 



