Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1860-03-16
Agricultural.
How to Fatton Poultry.

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Tnr TURKEY .-Pcng a rambling and in
sect-fceding bird. the Young ONES sh luld run
at large when old enough to do 50 with fale-
ty, until tie FROST has killed off the ireects OF
the season such as graeshoprerf, beetles and
gruhs If acorns, hcech-nHis ard CT est
nuts abound on or near your premises, they
NAV still RANGE on them until two Gr three
weeks before they are required for market
Then they should be- taAen in and conf ncd
in a roomy zen, clean, dry, comfortable and
well ventilated, and darkened during the day
so as to make Il twilight j inbt enough for
them to see t1 eat their f,od, yet prevent
them from gobbing, strutting and lighting
for turkeys arc apt to quarrel vehcmcntly
at times when they have nothing else to do.
Their proper food then Is, any kind OF grain
ground into meal and thoroughly cooked, or
il fed whole also boiled until 1t becomes soft
ard will easily mash. With either the cook
ed meal or whole grain also cooked, should
be mixed, say onc-iourth in quantity, boiled
potatoes. carrots or lcets-eerrots and pota-
toes are lest These may be put into com
mon swill barrel, and if you have skinned
milk, or buttcrmilk, instead Of water, To mix
with them, Sd is to reduce the whole mass t.
the consistency of = thin mash, 81 much the
better, as milk is very Ialatable and tlttcn-
luz II this mixture slightly lcrmcnts. all
the better, provided it does not sour. Have
some lirht troa.,Es made of common six-ineh
wide bJards nailed together Y fashion, set.
ting in standards made of bits Of board eight
or ten inches WIDE and one and a-haf or
two FEET long. placed cdsewise on the ground,
with " cut in tleM to receive the tr3UgEs
all we'll nailed t1gether llaHe also Il
trough of water u milk il you have it to
sparr, near by; also Il box Of small gravel at
hand from which they can help thcuseh YES
as turkeys like gravel in their crops, let their
food he what il may. \ h,N Of broken char
coal-br5kcn into bit, the eizc Of aeorns, or
corn or thcrcab 1uts-Nll bc profitable to add
to these charcoal being healthy and palata
be to them, Y5u viii be surprised to sec
the thrift of your birds thus treated, and
they will iattcn in half the time. and at half
the expense as when fed on whole raw grain
and running at large. There is Il choice i'll
srains-Indan corn, barley, srmkea wheat
good wheat is too cxpensiye,) rye and buck
wheat and if all Of these are mixed in about
equal proportions, with few oats, are the
lest Oats are ctatiy, and there is little fat
tenng quality il them. especially when fed
whole and dry No salt, Of course is need
cd 1t will hurt poultry, while it will bene-
tit pigs, sheep snd cattle.
In killing turkeys, if al are not wanted,
at once. select the fattest ;;s they will not fat
ten equally, and feed the leancr ones a few
day, l1uger, Or uuta thy are ready for
Slaughter The flesh VIII thus b t9and fat,
delicate and delicious in flaw, and much
superior t tlat fed en- raw grain, and run.
ming al large. Tac reason tDr not feeding
whole grain Is. tat II must BE- cooked for
masticati9n in the cr7p-a labor taxing the
ihgsiea CAPACITY Of the bird heavily. aad ex-
pcnGing mitch Of It's nutrlment III The opera
ton. S.Xrcrcc worth ct lei fjr cooking
viii saHe ha'f d1lara waste u llesa i'll tho
bird itsslt, while the time aad manual labor
coas.luct IN the process IS peNt u nothing
in a wct-Jr4eGed household \ common
irln boiler. winch every farmers family
Jt.gat + have, VIII answer al purposes.
CulcKlNs -->etse these eNactly according
II the aJ5yt aiIeetj3Hs, only that they re-
qt.irc less r55in Gat that rom MIST be
tqaallv Vel ventilated aad persaea must DO
aIs9 malc f,r ttru t. rt,st upon. There
shod!d I've Just !igat en9agh iJf cock t.
crow by in tie II lrning, and thing more,
as excessive growing i, as fatal = young
eek tatteuinL q, Is turkey gJlaimg and
struttu5. i cIan5e ot tJJd hy an oecuoiJn-
al scattering d whJ.e dry gr4lus u spme SORT
maY be gtveu t chickens, aad 40 tarkeys,
bat they VII after little tiae prefer tha
mash aa uJ5yc described, and u much great
rr advantage We may alsg add that with
b,th chickens and turkeys un occasional, say
daily, ration Of ca ~ s'-ctyei or tdrnil tops
ma3 be gwen them. Tacy Lie these as tt
change os sllll. Tlcy ar abb pllata1 BE,
aud although there i5 little fattcuiug quality
ia them, t.cv prp-nyt. digestion and d. them
s,5d, Ia ,,isl not a. .Jlutey Necessary.
GEGsE.-C Duiiue anl feed them as with
turkeys and chickens, bat give them ea5uAge-
leaves or turnip-tpIa daily, and p.enty Of
clean water ia large trough wei washed
Jit every day. They need ~ 70 sting poles
Of course.
DreSs.-Treat ticn exactly like the geese.
with thc daily addition oi a small quantity
Of n,5h either raw o. cJoEed if convenient
and cayaP. Tlll5W chandler scraps arc
good, well eh9Ple UP, and cheaper than any
u fcr dc,ji, uuiss hatcher olial can be OBJ
tanned. nacks are Great flesh caters when
they can grt it. .I,h are bad, as they give
the lic,A fs''t taste.
Without Ventilation and cleanliness, SO i'm
portant ia ia;teniug n perfectly g)5I p1ul-
try fcsa can be- obtained. We know it is
l,uito comm III with M NY pc pie particular
~ country tayern-keccr- to cram their
chickens and other poultry int narrow and
close boxes or eJlps, throw whole grain in
any quantity ulpn the t! !llr, with a saucer or
E;ile basin Of water euce day, and think
they will lattrn well On that, Bat they are
WONDERFULLY mistaken. The air they breathe
Is f,,tid with the stencil oi tho f1w,s the
fgJ,. fairly smclI, before they cat it. and the
whol, iie,a II tainted with the iJal fIJd, f1ul
air and fml water We have sat down L IL