. Department circular. Agriculture. 17 Private avenue Old stock A turkeys Private avenue Dwelling Mixed lot with old turkey D Mixed Jot E transferred fro) Yard D added to the interest of the experiment, but introduced an unnecessary risk. Thus young turkeys hatching from a batch of eggs incubated by an old turkey hen were left in her care. Other young turkeys were kept near the hennery and then placed with the brood, mothered by the old turkey. Furthermore, the man in attendance, having no great faith in new-fangled no- tions, and none whatever in professors, was less in- terested in the brood
. Department circular. Agriculture. 17 Private avenue Old stock A turkeys Private avenue Dwelling Mixed lot with old turkey D Mixed Jot E transferred fro) Yard D added to the interest of the experiment, but introduced an unnecessary risk. Thus young turkeys hatching from a batch of eggs incubated by an old turkey hen were left in her care. Other young turkeys were kept near the hennery and then placed with the brood, mothered by the old turkey. Furthermore, the man in attendance, having no great faith in new-fangled no- tions, and none whatever in professors, was less in- terested in the brooder turkeys, and some loss re- sulted from crowding and other causes. Examination of the organs of those dying showed no evidence of blackliead. The yards for the various groups of turkeys were built on grassed-over slop- ing ground with more or less shade furnished by small white pines. The general arrangement of the vards is shown in the ac- companying plan. On May 15, at the time of our first visit to the farm, we found the old stock turkeys occupying an old enclosure designated as yard A. It was decided to fence in some new land on slightly higher ground to the south, making yards B and C, the former for the two lots of young tiukeys already hatched and in the care of common hens, and the latter for future incubator and brooder raised tm-keys which would be free from any contact with hens or older tiu-keys. These yards were about 85 feet square and cost Young turkeys B in care of hens Brooder c turkeys. Fig. 4.—Plan of enclosures in which turkeys were raised on Mr. Saltonstall's farm at Sherborn, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Massachusetts. Dept. of Agriculture. Boston, Mass.
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