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  THE 
  METROPOLITAN 
  MAGAZINE 
  CO. 
  

  

  ? 
  West 
  29th 
  St., 
  New 
  York 
  City 
  

  

  hold 
  small 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  food 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  

   bills 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  ones. 
  A 
  careful 
  breeder 
  

   will 
  coax 
  the 
  poults 
  to 
  eat 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  hands 
  

   by 
  peeping 
  gently 
  to 
  them 
  in 
  imitation 
  of 
  the 
  

   mother's 
  call. 
  In 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  the 
  poults 
  

   will 
  eat 
  the 
  bread 
  eagerly 
  and 
  further 
  feeding 
  

   is 
  made 
  simple. 
  Sour 
  bread 
  or 
  tainted 
  milk 
  

   must 
  be 
  carefully 
  avoided. 
  There 
  are 
  many 
  

   prepared 
  foods 
  on 
  the 
  market 
  for 
  turkey 
  

   poults, 
  but 
  one 
  may 
  secure 
  just 
  as 
  good 
  results 
  

   by 
  using 
  bread 
  and 
  sweet 
  milk. 
  

  

  As 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  poults 
  have 
  learned 
  to 
  eat 
  a 
  

   little 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  hand 
  spread 
  the 
  food 
  on 
  a 
  dry 
  

   board 
  near 
  where 
  the 
  turkey 
  hen 
  can 
  teach 
  

   them 
  to 
  pick 
  it 
  up. 
  In 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  days 
  dry 
  

   bread 
  crumbs 
  instead 
  of 
  moistened 
  bread 
  

   should 
  be 
  fed 
  them, 
  and 
  a 
  day 
  or 
  two 
  later 
  

   add 
  small 
  broken 
  oats 
  and 
  cracked 
  corn. 
  The 
  

   latter 
  must 
  be 
  very 
  fine 
  or 
  else 
  strangulation 
  

   may 
  result. 
  As 
  they 
  grow 
  older 
  the 
  poults 
  

   should 
  have 
  a 
  more 
  liberal 
  variety 
  of 
  grain, 
  

   and 
  the 
  cracked 
  pieces 
  may 
  be 
  larger. 
  

  

  Meanwhile, 
  the 
  hen 
  must 
  not 
  be 
  neglected. 
  

   She 
  must 
  be 
  fed 
  liberally 
  with 
  mixed 
  grains 
  

   and 
  other 
  foods 
  she 
  is 
  accustomed 
  to. 
  For 
  the 
  

   first 
  few 
  days 
  this 
  should 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  her 
  so 
  

   that 
  the 
  young 
  poults 
  can 
  not 
  reach 
  it 
  and 
  

   run 
  the 
  risk 
  of 
  choking. 
  The 
  mother 
  hen 
  

   should 
  not 
  be 
  confined, 
  but 
  should 
  be 
  given 
  the 
  

   privilege 
  of 
  roaming 
  around 
  every 
  day 
  to 
  pick 
  

   up 
  worms 
  and 
  bugs. 
  When 
  a 
  week 
  old 
  the 
  

   poults 
  can 
  be 
  turned 
  loose 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  each 
  

   day 
  with 
  the 
  mother 
  for 
  exercise, 
  but 
  care 
  

   must 
  be 
  exercised 
  to 
  see 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  tired 
  

   out. 
  They 
  must 
  be 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  mother, 
  

   or 
  the 
  latter 
  cooped 
  up, 
  for 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  

   until 
  the 
  poults 
  are 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  month 
  old. 
  Us- 
  

   ually 
  when 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  weeks 
  old 
  the 
  poults 
  

   are 
  strong 
  enough 
  to 
  roam 
  continually 
  with 
  

   the 
  mother. 
  The 
  range 
  at 
  first 
  should 
  be 
  

   limited, 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  turkeys 
  grow 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  

   strength 
  larger 
  fields 
  for 
  roaming 
  should 
  be 
  

   opened 
  to 
  them. 
  

  

  There 
  should 
  be 
  no 
  mistake 
  about 
  the 
  clean- 
  

   liness 
  and 
  sanitary 
  conditions 
  of 
  the 
  nesting 
  

   place, 
  yard, 
  and 
  shelter 
  for 
  the 
  turkeys. 
  Next 
  

   to 
  inbreeding, 
  turkey 
  lice 
  destroy 
  more 
  young 
  

   poults 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  thing, 
  and 
  filth, 
  foul 
  

   odors, 
  and 
  dampness 
  follow 
  close 
  upon 
  the 
  

   heels 
  of 
  both 
  as 
  agents 
  for 
  increasing 
  the 
  

   mortality 
  of 
  turkeys. 
  Poultry 
  lice 
  can 
  be 
  pre- 
  

   vented 
  by 
  keeping 
  all 
  roosting, 
  nesting 
  and 
  

   other 
  places 
  scrupulously 
  clean. 
  Whitewash 
  

   the 
  inside 
  of 
  the 
  shelters 
  as 
  often 
  as 
  they 
  need 
  

   it, 
  and 
  clean 
  house 
  every 
  day 
  or 
  two. 
  If 
  any 
  

   building 
  becomes 
  infected 
  shut 
  it 
  off 
  from 
  the 
  

   turkeys, 
  and 
  sprinkle 
  it 
  thoroughly 
  with 
  di- 
  

   luted 
  carbolic, 
  and 
  then 
  whitewash 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  

   later. 
  Do 
  not 
  let 
  the 
  turkeys 
  return 
  until 
  

   every 
  evidence 
  of 
  vermin 
  has 
  been 
  removed. 
  

   Filth 
  and 
  foul 
  odors 
  can 
  be 
  prevented 
  by 
  simply 
  

   keeping 
  the 
  houses 
  clean. 
  As 
  one 
  sweeps 
  and 
  

   scrubs 
  his 
  own 
  living-quarters, 
  so 
  should 
  the 
  

   houses 
  designed 
  for 
  the 
  choice 
  turkeys 
  be 
  

   cleaned. 
  

  

  A 
  good 
  many 
  successful 
  turkey 
  breeders 
  do 
  

   not 
  provide 
  much 
  shelter 
  for 
  their 
  turkeys. 
  

   Their 
  contention 
  is 
  that 
  the 
  birds 
  are 
  much 
  

   better 
  when 
  forced 
  to 
  live 
  and 
  roost 
  out 
  of 
  

   doors; 
  but 
  this 
  should 
  be 
  accepted 
  with 
  a 
  good 
  

   deal 
  of 
  reservation. 
  While 
  turkeys 
  may 
  be 
  

   wintered 
  successfully 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  States 
  

   without 
  much 
  shelter, 
  they 
  can 
  hardly 
  do 
  so 
  

   well 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  without 
  good 
  winter 
  quart- 
  

   ers 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  protected 
  from 
  cold 
  and 
  

   stormy 
  weather. 
  What 
  they 
  may 
  gain 
  in 
  

   hardiness 
  of 
  constitution, 
  they 
  will 
  lose 
  in 
  fat 
  

   and 
  plumpness. 
  In 
  other 
  words, 
  to 
  secure 
  

   choice-meated 
  turkeys 
  they 
  must 
  be 
  provided 
  

   with 
  quarters 
  in 
  winter 
  that 
  will 
  make 
  life 
  

   pleasant 
  and 
  accommodating 
  to 
  them. 
  The 
  

   danger 
  of 
  such 
  houses 
  is 
  that 
  the 
  owner 
  is 
  

   apt 
  to 
  neglect 
  their 
  sanitary 
  arrangements, 
  

   and 
  thus 
  permit 
  filth 
  and 
  disease 
  to 
  creep 
  in. 
  

   Dampness 
  in 
  particular 
  must 
  be 
  avoided, 
  for 
  

   this 
  is 
  fatal 
  to 
  the 
  young 
  poults. 
  By 
  building 
  

  

  