Oic RURAL NEW-YORKER 
659 
PART I. 
These Avann days aud the turkeys’ 
peculiar call remind us that the turkeys 
are hunting their nests, aud the rearing 
of the young turkeys is soon to be the 
Avork of some member of the family Avho 
is most interested in their AA’elfare. This 
is pleasant AA-ork as AA’ell as profitable if 
managed right. I haA’e Bourbon Red tur¬ 
keys. They are so tame they aauII come 
from a distance AA’heu you call to eat 
from your hand or a pan, and become 
real pets if treated Avith kindness. They 
are easy keepers and hardy. They Avin- 
ter here safely in an open shed. This is 
24 feet long AA’ith shed roof, enclosed on 
three sides Avith boards aud AA'ire netting 
in front tacked to a 15-inch board at 
bottom. This serves to keep the young in 
on stormy days. I use a ground floor 
covered Avith sand in Avhich lime is 
freely sprinkled. Tavo roost poles run 
the length of building. One is loAver 
than the other, and Mother Turkey 
teaches her young to roost on this A\hen 
it gets too Avarm to hover them. A long 
trough is kept to feed them in. When 
not in use it is kept hung ui). This is 
easily scalded and kei)t clean. 
A large yard around this shed keeps 
the young in until the deAv is off in the 
morning aud on stormy days and times 
Avhen you desire to kuoAV they are near 
Avhen sudden slnnvers are coming up. 
They soon learn to return to this home 
as the day draAvs to a close, and Avill 
often be found in the shed to roost ready 
to be .shut up for the night. I ahvays 
feed them here at night as a rcAvard for 
coming, and I am sure no Avild animals 
Avill get them at night. As soon as the 
Aveather gets Avarm the old ones go to the 
trees to roost. 
The Bourbon Reds make the finest 
mothers, as they are so tame and easily 
handled. They AA’ill let you pet the young 
as you like after they see you don’t hurt 
them. They make their nests near the 
house aud buildings, aud often in the hen¬ 
house if allowed. When the turkey be¬ 
comes broody and you Avish to set her, 
prepare a nest by holloAA'ing out the 
ground aud placing a thin coat of straAV 
or nest material in it. If on boards, 
cut sods, turning them dirt side up, fol- 
loAving the same plan. Sprinkle the ue.st 
thoroughly Avith insect poAvder and dust 
the turkey and repeat again in two and 
four Aveeks. Use 1(5 eggs for small hen 
and 18 eggs for large one, unless the 
Aveather is cold, then less. If a chidom 
hen is set at the same time the turkey 
Avill care for all hatched. 
When the eggs commence to hatch 
watch out that the first out do not 
go bug-hunting before the others are 
hatched, and cause the mother to get un¬ 
easy and leave the nest, thus causing the 
remaining eggs to get chilled. I place 
a 12-inch board box around her, thus pre¬ 
venting this. As I take the young from 
the nest I dust them Avith insect poAvder. 
The prepared poAvder is too strong and 
if it should get in their eyes will cause 
them to be blind. I give them a little 
ilrink of sour milk and nothing more until 
20 hours old. 1‘lenty of feed is fed the 
mother aud Avatei* si kept bef<jre her. 
Whole corn is good for the mother. The 
first feed for the young is dry bread 
crumbs, bran, cut onion tops and ground 
egg shells, all mixed and dampeiK^d with 
raw egg beaten aud mixed with sour milk, 
just a crumby mixture. Feed very little 
at a time and four or five times a day. 
After ii few days I commence feeding cut 
onion tops and steamed cooked chick feed. 
They Avill eat quantities of lettuce and 
dandelions, and after two weeks they need 
only the chick feed and sour milk. Oyster 
shells or broken dishes pounded fine 
should be kept before them with plenty of 
clean Avater. 
After a Aveek old I dust them again for 
lice. I feel sure that lice and thunder¬ 
storms are the turkeys’ worst enemies. 
The best time to fight lice is on the 
])arent bird. Sulphur rubbed under the 
Aviugs, along the back and beneath the 
vent Avill rid them if used a few timer. 
I cannot urge too strongly the need to 
fight lice on turkeys. More turkeys die 
from supposed bOAvel trouble than is gen¬ 
erally thought. The vei-min sap the 
strength and vitality of the young aud 
the.v succumb to di.arrha'a. Cami)hor gum 
in SAveet oil, all it Avill cut, Avill rid the 
young of head lice and can be used to 
rub along the wiug-quiHs aud Avherever 
they are affected Avith the little mites 
Avhich are found betAveen the Aving (juills 
and run like magic Avhen discovered. Uo 
not let the poults in the sun too soon 
after oiling, as it sometimes causes an 
irritation. Avoid letting the young out 
in the heavy dcAv in the morning. After 
the wing quills are crossed there is little 
danger of the Avet hurting them. If sud¬ 
den storms catch them and they get 
drenched, gather them up in a basket 
and place in oven, stirring them until dry. 
Give a drink of milk and pepper before 
idacing Avith the mother. I have saved 
them Avhen they Avere so limp and cold 
I thought them dead. At the time they 
are shooting the red many have cou.sider- 
able trouble. If they are getting plenty 
of sour milk and lime in some form this 
Avill be tided over Avith less trouble. Lime 
and sand mixed with Avater in a thick 
l>a.sto and spread on boards to dry, then 
pounded up in feed is the Avay I use it. 
One admirable feature of the Bourbon 
R»‘ds is the large clutches of eggs they 
lay. The itsual run of this breed is 20 
to 50 eggs before Avanting to sit. My 
flock has been raised from tlu! eggs of one 
hen and her daughter. The mother’s 
record for 1913 was 1.35) eggs, Avhile tlw; 
•laughter laid 128 eggs before Avanting to 
sit her iirst year. Last season, 1917, the 
mother laid the entire season without 
Avanting to sit, and I gathered her last 
egg November 24. I feed my turkeys 
as good a laying ration as I do chicken 
hens when I desire to hatch their eggs. 
I believe it pays to introduce ju-av blood 
into the flock each year. 
I’ennsylvania. Ki.oN.A jiokni.nu. 
AILING ANIMALS 
Fits 
Recently I lost a three-Aveeks-old pure¬ 
bred Holstein calf. He Avas suddenly at¬ 
tacked Avith convulsions, and died in 
about .30 minutes. We lo.st one about 
four years ago in this same manner. 
Both of these calves were cared for in 
clean surroundings ami fed in sterilized 
pails just the proper amount of whole 
milk, eight pounds per feeding twice a 
day. Can you tell me Avhat Avas the 
matter Avith this calf, and what brought 
on the derangement? a. S. 
Such cases unfortunately are very 
cominon and usually result from indiges¬ 
tion induced by feeding too much milk at 
too long intervals. When it is remem¬ 
bered that left to nature the young calf 
sucks a little Avarm milk often, it should 
easily be understood that the feeding of 
a large quantity of milk but twice a day 
is unnatural and quite likely to cause de¬ 
rangement of the digestive organs. The 
wonder is that any calf so fed manages 
to live and thrive. The trouble is most 
liable to occur when the hungry calf is 
alloAved to drink very fast, or the milk is 
^o cold or containing separator foam. 
The fast drinking causes a sudden spasm 
of the gullet and a fit results. In most 
cases mas.ses of sour curd are found in 
the stomach. In some hair balls have 
caused stoppage. Feed blood warm milk 
at least three times daily, preferably from 
a self-teeder necessitating sucking, and 
cases of. this sort will become rare. 
Thriftless Pigs 
What is Avroug Avith my pigs? ” They 
seem hearty enough, but do not groAv, aud 
they choke so they can hardly eat. They 
are Berkshires, six months old, and are 
kept in a good pen Avith plenty of bed¬ 
ding; have fed mostly middlings. Is cot¬ 
tonseed meal good to feed them? I see 
in your paper a raUon of 10 Ib.s. corn 
meal, 10 lbs. rye, 5 lbs. middlings and 
one poxiud tankage, or 2 lbs. oil meal. 
As rye is uoav counted the same as wheat 
by the government, is there anything I 
could use instead? The pigs also make 
a snoring noise when they lie doAvn. 
Pennsylvania. i. k. 
Cottonseed meal is iioisonous to pigs 
Avhen liberally fed for a long time, and 
will surely cause death Avhen so fed. Sub¬ 
stitute ground barley for rye if you can 
afford that, but pigs will do well if al¬ 
lowed Avheat middlings, corn “ud tank¬ 
age from self-feeders. If p ' . >le, hoAv- 
ever, also feed skim milk or 1 at, laxative 
slop. See that the no.strils are cleared if 
choked Avith mucus. If the bones of the 
snout are enlarged and distorted so that 
“snuffles” is present, there is no sure 
remedy. a. s. a. 
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