. Turkeys, all varieties. Their care and management. Mating, rearing, exhibiting and judging turkeys; explanation of score-card judging, with complete instructions . m confined if the flight feath-ers of one wing are cut. I keep the young turkeysyarded in the same j ard until they are six weeks or twomonths old, which makes it convenient to protect theyoung poults from the wet and I can look them over oncea week for lice, and never have to be hunting up myturkeys. People ask me if they are not hard to raise. I raisea larger per cent of those hatched than I do of chickens. is generally enough.
. Turkeys, all varieties. Their care and management. Mating, rearing, exhibiting and judging turkeys; explanation of score-card judging, with complete instructions . m confined if the flight feath-ers of one wing are cut. I keep the young turkeysyarded in the same j ard until they are six weeks or twomonths old, which makes it convenient to protect theyoung poults from the wet and I can look them over oncea week for lice, and never have to be hunting up myturkeys. People ask me if they are not hard to raise. I raisea larger per cent of those hatched than I do of chickens. is generally enough. I have had them caught that wayand hang until dead. I use the breeding yards for theyoimg turkeys until they are large enough to drive outon the range, putting fifty in each yard. At six weeks ortwo months they are driven onto their summer range,driving them home at night until they have learned thetrick of coming home to roost. There is considerablework getting them started to run out on the range andcome home at night. If you allow them to run at largeand stay out at night they will wander away to neigh-bors and sometimes go miles from home, but if they are. A Pair of Mra. Chas. Jonea* Prize Winnin* Bronze Turkeys For the last two years I have raised over 95 per cent ofall turkeys hatched. I have found that fifty turkeys in a yard or field areenovgh to do well. If you keep more than that togetherthev are apt to pile in together and smother after theyare about a month old. When I get a flock of fifty Istart another drove in another field. I set four or fiveturkey hens and at the same time give to domestic hensas many turkey eggs as I think the turkeys can takecare of. If possible I set an incubator with chicken they all hatch I give the turkeys all the poults andthe domestic hens all the incubator chicks, and thatmakes business lively all around, and keeps me very busy. I raise from three different flocks of turkeys, tenhens and one tom, in each flock. We have from o
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