. Turkeys, all varieties. Their care and management. Mating, rearing, exhibiting and judging turkeys; explanation of score-card judging, with complete instructions . oduces indigestion and indigestioncauses bowel trouble. Vermin and overfeeding kill morepoults than all other causes. Lice will produce all thesymptoms of disease. When a poult dies from overfeed-ing a post mortem will usually disclose the liver swollenand probably splotched. When it is in this conditionthere is no chance for the poult. If taken in time a rad-ical change of diet will effect a cure. HOT MASHESA lady in Maryland wri
. Turkeys, all varieties. Their care and management. Mating, rearing, exhibiting and judging turkeys; explanation of score-card judging, with complete instructions . oduces indigestion and indigestioncauses bowel trouble. Vermin and overfeeding kill morepoults than all other causes. Lice will produce all thesymptoms of disease. When a poult dies from overfeed-ing a post mortem will usually disclose the liver swollenand probably splotched. When it is in this conditionthere is no chance for the poult. If taken in time a rad-ical change of diet will effect a cure. HOT MASHESA lady in Maryland writes: I cant agree with youthat hot mashes cause roup, for in my native home (Can-ada) I fed my turkeys hot mashes from the time theywere a few weeks old until they were grown, and so didmy neighbors, and we rinsed large flocks and were nevertroubled with roup. Here I have not fed the mash andhave the roup. Koosting in trees may be the cause ofroup in her flocks now, as she says they never had itwhen roosting under shelter. I agree with her that inextreme climates a shelter is better. She also gives mea preventative for fighting- which I certainly shall use. I. AFineMammothjBronze Turkev Tom from the Yards ofMrs. U. R. Fishel, give it to the readers of this book: Tie a small bellaround the neck of toms showing a disposition to noise attracts their attention so they forget to fight. CROP BOUND In the early spring the trouble most to be dreadedwith turkeys is crop bound, caused from eating drygrass. No one can prevent this unless thej have green 58 rLRKEYS—THEIR CARE AND MANAGEMENT. fields or g-rain for them to run in, rye or wheat \en then sometimes they will fill their crops with thedry grass, which forms a hard ball in the crop and unles;^it can be made to pass, it will Icill the fowl. Sometimesit will pass out after awhile withovit any recommend cutting- the crop, taking- the substanceout and sewing- up the crop, and they say it never failst
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