Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-12-03
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Matching aud Raising Tarkeys.

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can be rais,d best, the time Of setting
thu gigs, and oth,r rules in reg 'rdt
to than. And as have seen no an
swer TO the Inquiry, | propose to
give my experience. In the hrss
place, you should have not less than
one .gohb.er to every SIX hons, as, by
so doing. You vii! hive q greater pro-
portion Of mA!e young than if you
had greater number Of hens aad
only one gobbl r. Second You
should provide good nests near the
oatbniIdings, to prevent them from
wandering off to lay. Third AS fast
as thseggs are lid put them in room
of moderate tenper.'tarc, turning
them over once in two or three days
to prevent them from settling to one
sid. In making the nests for set
ting select spot Of ground suihelene-
Is high so that water sill not inter-
fere, as there is generally frequent
rains at this season of the year, hol-
low it out, aud put a fork full OF horse
manure in the bottom, to create
warmth. and cover over with short
straw. A coop can be lhced over e
this to shelter her from ram. Ihe
nests are better on the ground on &C;
count of the thunder storms, being
less liable to be Jared and injured,
TIE hens that commence laying first
will want to set the soonest, but as 1t
is best to have your young patched
as pear as possible tege:her, you can
let them wait until others want TO
set and then SET them at one time,
putting about nineteen eggs unuer
each hen. The advantage OF setting
two or three at one time is to avoid
hsving one brood master OF all the
rest. They will hatch in about four
weeks from the time Of setting. 1t
viii be necessary to drive the hens
off the nests Two or three times q
week to procure food, as they some
times die on the n, SITS, il they are moi
attended to In this particular. As
the young hatch take them away from
the hen, and keep the nests clear O.
shells, for if you let the young re-
main in the nest they are very apt
to be trampled under foot and killed
before the rest of the eggs are Matched
When all the eggs are Matched pro
vide coop for the hen, and put al
the young ones to her, having it rails
ed above the ground sufficiently 70
the young to PASS in and out. Fee
them on sifted Indian meal, peppe
grass, and strained baughnaaghclabba'
if pepper grass cannot be obtaine'
mix plenty of black pepper witl
their food. BE particular to pull til
wing feathers out as fast as they be
gin to lop down, which will be in a
bout week from the time they ar
hatched, to prevent them from beinI
dragged out. Let the remain i
the coop two weeks, as by this tim
the young will be strong enough t
follow her short distance. Put ther
up at night until they are mont
old, and then let them roost in tb
open air. Feed them after this nigh
and morning, TO lnduce them 10 Gem
to the house TO roost. 1t is not adv
sable to set the hens second time
as they are so late they have to b
kept until spring before they are t
for market, and by that time the
have eaten off their heads, as the say
ing is, in fattening them. If yo
have plenty of food let them renal
out, if not, put them in rail pen wit
good cover, and feed lhem on cor
and scalded Indian meal, with plent
of brick bats pounded up, They wi
fstten in about four weeks.
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