114 Money in Broilers and Squabs. 



A cock at 12 months of age should range i6 to 20 odd pounds, 

 according to the breed and how they are cared for. 



Rural New-Yorker gives the following pointers on marketing 

 turkey feathers : The quills from the third joint or tip end of the 

 wing are called pointers, and should be kept separate. In packing, 

 keep tail and wing feathers separate. Tie each kind in bundles by 

 itself, and press the bundles in the boxes tightly. All feathers must 

 be clean, sound and dry-picked. The wing quills which have full 

 plumage on both sides of the quill, which come from the first and 

 second joints of the wing next the body, are more valuable than, 

 and should be kept separate from, the pointers. The tail feathers 

 should be kept by themselves, and are the most available. The short 

 tail and wing quills, if saved, should be kept separate from the long 

 ones, as they depreciate their value if mixed with them. Prices in 

 New York are about as follows : Prime tail quills, from 25 to 30 

 cents per pound ; mixed tail and wing quills, about 20 cents per 

 pound; mixed wing, tail and pointer quills, about 12 to 15 cents per 

 pound ; short tail and wing quills, about 7 to 8 cents per pound ; 

 pointers, about 4 cents per pound. The directions for shipping are 

 to mark the correct weight and tare on the boxes, also the name of 

 the shipper, and ship as "turkey quills." The prices named may 

 vary from time to time, but are approximately correct. 



A correspondent in American Agriculturist gives this method 

 for fattening choice turkeys : In the morning feed a mash com- 

 posed of corn, barley or buckwheat meal, mixed with skim milk, and 

 a few sweet potatoes added, with some sharp grit to aid digestion. 

 Also mix with this feed a good brand of condition powder; it 

 sharpens the appetite, and causes them to gain flesh faster. At noon 

 give cracked corn, buckwheat or barley, and at night give a supper 

 of whole or cracked corn, with an occasional feed of buckwheat. Do 

 not use new corn, as it is apt to produce bowel trouble, but feed 

 well seasoned corn, one year old. That over one year old is apt to 

 make the flesh courser and not so white and delicate as that fed on 

 nice, white one-year-old corn. It is best not to coop turkeys while 

 fattening; they almost invariably lose their appetites and become 

 sickly. Turkeys are very active and must have plenty of fresh air 

 and liberty or they will not thrive. If fed all they will eat three 

 times a day, they are not inclined to roam, but will sit around quietly 

 and will seem to enjoy resting in the sunshine. Turkeys intended 

 for the later markets should not be so heavily fed as those intended 

 for sale in a few weeks. Long continued heavy feeding is not profit- 

 able and is a source of great loss among turkey growers. Turkeys 

 should be killed at once when ready for market. If kept over this 

 time they soon begin to lose in flesh and will prove unprofitable. 



While it is undoubtedly good for the turkeys to roost out of 

 doors during the warm weather of summer, as well as the pleasant 

 fall months, we cannot think but that having been exposed all win- 

 ter to the fierceness of the blasts, will injure them more or less, says 

 American Stock-Keeper. Feeding the turkeys regularly, and after- 

 ward drivmg them every eve into a co-mmodious shed where they 



