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can find accommodations for roosting, they will soon learn, to seek 

 that shelter for the night, and will be more secure from the depreda- 

 tions of poultry thieves. ' , 



A Canadian correspondent of the American Agriculturist says 

 turkeys are as easy to raise as chickens if one has the right stock. 

 But most people pick out all the largest birds to market at Thanks- 

 giving and Christmas, and keep the small ones, with the impres- 

 sion that they will grow if given time. This is a great mistake, as 

 in a flock you will always find a few better developed, bigger-boned 

 birds, dnd these invariably have the constitution we need for breed- 

 ing purposes. To make a success select the best hens in the flock ; 

 good deep, plucky birds, with big bone and short legs, and dispose 

 of the long-legged, loose-built ones. He finds the Bronze the 

 hardiest, but a cross with the wild would perhaps still further im- 

 prove them. The biggest drawback with the wild cross is, they 

 are hard to keep near the home, and are easily frightened. Having 

 selected your breeding stock, which is best to do in the fall, winter 

 them and let them run out all the time. 



An English turkey raiser says : "J make it a hard and fast rule 

 (if at home) to feed my turkeys myself every morning, as by so 

 doing, I see at once if any of the birds are ailing. If ever you see a 

 turkey refusing its morning meal, you may be quite sure it requires 

 attention. Sometimes, when 5 or 6 months old, you see one lagging 

 behind the rest, and either refusing food altogether or just pecking 

 a few grains, then walk away. Taken in time this state of affairs is 

 soon remedied. Catch the turkey and put in a warm, dry building, 

 and mix half a teaspoonful of lard, or unsalted butter, with a half 

 teaspoonful of cayenne pepper, and make it into small pills with a 

 little flour. These pills I give at night and feed very sparingly next 

 day. The following morning the bird generally goes out all right, 

 and quite ready for breakfast. Should this not be the case, I have 

 often given half of one of Carter's Little Liver Pills with good ef- 

 fect." 



About four dozen eggs are given as an average for the annual 

 output of the turkey. 



The first eight weeks of the young turkeys life require constant 

 care. 



Even July hatched turkeys can be made profitable. 



Seven eggs is about all a common hen can cover. 



Keep the young shut up while the dew is on the grass. 



L. V. Hopkins, in American Agriculturist, says the first dose 

 that he gives his little turkeys is a pill in the shape of one whole 

 black pepper. Each little mouth is forced open and the pepper 

 pressed down. 



"I have always thought that the delicacy of young turkeys is 

 due in a measure to the rapidity with which feathers are grown," 

 says L. V. Hopkins. A young chicken retains its down for several 

 weeks until its body is well grown, but a young turkey begins at 

 once to put out large feathers on its wings and tail. This enormou- 

 feather growth saps the vitality of the body and leaves it an easy 



