﻿January, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  XIX 
  

  

  of 
  our 
  small 
  Rhode 
  Island 
  farms 
  are 
  something 
  

   more 
  than 
  a 
  myth. 
  They 
  are 
  in 
  reality 
  dainty 
  

   luxuries 
  produced 
  by 
  the 
  loving 
  kindness 
  of 
  

   genuine 
  bird 
  lovers. 
  Like 
  all 
  other 
  birds 
  and 
  

   animals, 
  the 
  meat 
  of 
  the 
  turkey 
  is 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  

   food 
  on 
  which 
  it 
  lives, 
  and 
  if 
  fed 
  only 
  coarse, 
  

   putrid 
  meat-scraps 
  its 
  flesh 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  other 
  

   than 
  tainted 
  when 
  brought 
  to 
  our 
  table. 
  The 
  

   finest 
  meat 
  in 
  the 
  world 
  often 
  comes 
  from 
  

   the 
  wild 
  turkeys 
  of 
  the 
  Southwest 
  where 
  they 
  

   roam 
  through 
  the 
  swamps 
  and 
  woods, 
  feeding 
  

   on 
  toothsome 
  chestnuts, 
  butternuts, 
  and 
  acorns. 
  

   Their 
  meat 
  has 
  the 
  delicious 
  gamy 
  flavor 
  

   which 
  we 
  all 
  prize 
  so 
  highly. 
  

  

  While 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  us 
  is 
  turned 
  

   turkey-ward 
  about 
  Thanksgiving 
  time, 
  the 
  

   breeder 
  must 
  always 
  have 
  the 
  birds 
  with 
  him, 
  

   and 
  through 
  winter 
  and 
  summer 
  he 
  provides 
  

   and 
  cares 
  for 
  them. 
  The 
  laying 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  

   Turkey 
  hens 
  begins 
  late 
  in 
  March 
  or 
  the 
  first 
  

   of 
  April, 
  and 
  at 
  this 
  season 
  from 
  16 
  to 
  30 
  

   eggs 
  will 
  be 
  laid 
  for 
  hatching. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  

   time 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  when 
  the 
  owner 
  needs 
  to 
  go 
  

   nest 
  hunting. 
  Unless 
  he 
  can 
  offer 
  special 
  in- 
  

   ducements 
  to 
  the 
  turkeys, 
  they 
  will 
  go 
  roam- 
  

   ing 
  afar 
  for 
  a 
  nesting 
  place, 
  and 
  after 
  securely 
  

   hiding 
  it 
  from 
  all 
  human 
  eyes 
  they 
  will 
  hatch 
  

   and 
  rear 
  their 
  young 
  in 
  secrecy. 
  And 
  nothing 
  

   is 
  wilder 
  than 
  a 
  flock 
  of 
  young 
  turkeys 
  raised 
  

   in 
  a 
  stolen 
  nest 
  in 
  some 
  distant 
  hedge 
  or 
  wood- 
  

   land 
  thicket! 
  It 
  takes 
  the 
  better 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  

   year, 
  and 
  the 
  full 
  quota 
  of 
  a 
  man's 
  patience, 
  

   to 
  tame 
  the 
  creatures 
  even 
  approximately 
  to 
  

   that 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  domesticated 
  fowl. 
  One 
  

   may, 
  indeed, 
  organize 
  a 
  "wild 
  turkey 
  hunt" 
  

   on 
  his 
  own 
  estate 
  if 
  he 
  leaves 
  the 
  birds 
  reared 
  

   in 
  secrecy 
  to 
  their 
  own 
  ways 
  and 
  resources. 
  

  

  For 
  success 
  with 
  turkeys 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  five 
  

   or 
  six 
  hens 
  should 
  be 
  allowed 
  to 
  each 
  torn, 
  

   and 
  these 
  should 
  be 
  separated 
  from 
  all 
  other 
  

   flocks 
  or 
  colonies 
  during 
  the 
  mating 
  season. 
  

   Two-year-old 
  hens 
  mated 
  with 
  one 
  or 
  two- 
  

   year-old 
  toms 
  make 
  the 
  best 
  unions, 
  and 
  the 
  

   young 
  are 
  more 
  apt 
  to 
  be 
  strong 
  and 
  vigorous 
  

   from 
  such 
  parents 
  than 
  from 
  older 
  birds. 
  

   Everything 
  depends 
  upon 
  the 
  start 
  the 
  young 
  

   turkeys 
  get 
  at 
  their 
  birth, 
  and 
  ancestral 
  traits 
  

   and 
  propensities 
  are 
  directly 
  transmitted 
  from 
  

   one 
  generation 
  to 
  another. 
  With 
  the 
  proper 
  

   selection 
  of 
  good 
  breeds, 
  and 
  the 
  mating 
  of 
  

   individuals 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  grade, 
  the 
  future 
  

   of 
  the 
  young 
  turkeys 
  is 
  assured 
  if 
  fair 
  care 
  

   and 
  protection 
  are 
  accorded 
  them. 
  Close 
  in- 
  

   breeding 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  avoided, 
  for 
  this 
  will 
  destroy 
  

   the 
  flock 
  quicker 
  and 
  more 
  surely 
  than 
  any- 
  

   thing. 
  This 
  can 
  be 
  avoided 
  by 
  securing 
  new 
  

   toms 
  from 
  distant 
  points 
  — 
  a 
  thousand 
  miles 
  

   away 
  if 
  there 
  is 
  any 
  danger 
  of 
  inbreeding. 
  To 
  

   keep 
  up 
  the 
  grade 
  of 
  the 
  flocks, 
  it 
  is 
  essential 
  

   that 
  the 
  choicest 
  young 
  hens 
  be 
  selected 
  each 
  

   year 
  and 
  kept 
  for 
  future 
  breeding. 
  The 
  prac- 
  

   tice 
  of 
  selling 
  the 
  best 
  each 
  season 
  is 
  destruc- 
  

   tive 
  to 
  all 
  successful 
  breeding, 
  and 
  yet 
  many 
  

   make 
  this 
  thoughtless 
  mistake 
  and 
  wonder 
  

   why 
  the 
  strain 
  runs 
  out 
  and 
  the 
  birds 
  steadily 
  

   degenerate. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  mating 
  season 
  approaches 
  the 
  

   young 
  hens 
  selected 
  for 
  breeding 
  should 
  be 
  

   separated 
  from 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  flocks 
  and 
  by 
  

   persistent 
  feeding 
  and 
  attention 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  

   induced 
  to 
  nest 
  near 
  their 
  feeding 
  quarters. 
  

   An 
  old 
  barrel 
  turned 
  on 
  its 
  side 
  and 
  filled 
  

   with 
  good 
  clean 
  hay 
  and 
  straw; 
  a 
  large 
  dry- 
  

   goods 
  box 
  with 
  one 
  end 
  opened, 
  or 
  a 
  nesting 
  

   box 
  built 
  in 
  a 
  clump 
  of 
  bushes 
  near 
  the 
  feeding 
  

   place, 
  will 
  answer 
  for 
  nesting 
  material. 
  Coax- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  careful 
  attention 
  will 
  induce 
  the 
  hens 
  

   to 
  lay 
  their 
  eggs 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  places 
  chosen 
  

   for 
  them, 
  and 
  as 
  half 
  the 
  battle 
  is 
  won 
  by 
  

   keeping 
  the 
  hens 
  at 
  home 
  at 
  this 
  critical 
  time 
  

   it 
  is 
  well 
  worth 
  while 
  to 
  make 
  every 
  effort 
  to 
  

   win 
  the 
  confidence 
  of 
  the 
  prospective 
  mothers. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  young 
  turkey 
  poults 
  appear 
  feed 
  

   them 
  with 
  stale 
  bread 
  soaked 
  in 
  sweet 
  milk. 
  

   After 
  soaking 
  press 
  the 
  bread 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  

   until 
  the 
  milk 
  is 
  squeezed 
  from 
  it, 
  and 
  then 
  

  

  

  

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