. Biggle poultry book; a concise and practical treatise on the management of farm poultry. roving habitsand their shyness all indicate their recent introduc-tion from the forest to the domestic state. Young turkeys or poults, as they are called, aregenerally regarded as very tender until they reachthe age of ten or twelve weeks. This is partly due tothe unwise treatment of the breeding stock duringthe winter and early spring. In the domestic state, turkeys pass the wintermonths in comparative inactivity. During this timethey are fed principally on corn. When the breedingseason arrives they are
. Biggle poultry book; a concise and practical treatise on the management of farm poultry. roving habitsand their shyness all indicate their recent introduc-tion from the forest to the domestic state. Young turkeys or poults, as they are called, aregenerally regarded as very tender until they reachthe age of ten or twelve weeks. This is partly due tothe unwise treatment of the breeding stock duringthe winter and early spring. In the domestic state, turkeys pass the wintermonths in comparative inactivity. During this timethey are fed principally on corn. When the breedingseason arrives they are in prime condition for thetable—fat and glossy, but are lacking in the vigor soessential for producing strong and healthy this state of things may be attributed much of theweakness supposed to belong to them by nature. As soon as the surplus stock has all been sent tomarket, the birds intended for breeding should be fedless corn and more muscle and bone-making of their grain ration should consist of oats,and one-third of wheat, and the other third of corn,. 98 BIGGIE POULTRY BOOK. or corn and buckwheat. They are fond of cabbage,apples or any raw vegetables, and breeding stockshould be well supplied with food of this kind. Asthe laying season approaches they should have nitrog-enous food in the form of ground raw meat andbone or meat-meal, the former fed alone and the lattermixed in a mash of bran and corn meal. When chickens and turkeys run together and arefed together the former will get at least two grainsto the latters one. For this reason, for fatteningturkeys as well as for breeding stock, it is advisableto have troughs so made that the turkeys can feed atpleasure without interferencefrom chickens. The illustrationrepresents a cheap and handyturkey trough. feeder. It is made of six-inchfence slats nailed together for a trough and elevatedto such a height that the other poultry cannot reach end pieces and the lid are made of a foot-widebo
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