The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-05-20
Directions for Setting Turkeys and
(sceSe. lra. 70 - I-,'

We give the readers OF Hearth md
Home the following private letter, as
We consider the suggestions with re-
gard to the manner of making the
nests, and also the mode of guarding
against lice, that are SO destructive TO
young turkeys, as invaluable.
A year ago the coming June, we lost
a large brood from some Chem mex
plicablc cause, and our ncighbors were
equally unfortunate. We believe
now that the reason of their carly
and regretted exit was because they
were eaten up with lice. - Z.
In the town where Mr.. Cook re-
sides, during the time when the geese
i'm the neighborhood were setting,
there was heavy thunderstorm !;
whether from that or some other
cause, not one egg in twenty Matched
except those of Mr.. Cook. His sue
cess he has recorded for the benefit of
Others engaged in the same business /:
March Goth, 1870.
"MY DEAR SIR: Having seen sew
eral articles in the papers taken from
Hearth and Home, i'm regard to rails
ing fowls, l take the liberty of send
ing you an account of my method.
manage to set as many of my tur-
KEYS as possible at the same time, SO
that the young ones may be of like
age. pat from one TO five bushels
! of chip-dirt OH the ground, and then
make a nest of fine hay. and always
provide a good shelter to keep the
storms out Of the nest. / set my tur-
key with as many eggs as 1 think
she will cover. After the turkeys has
set about two weeks, l take some sui
phur and snuff, mix together, and
while the turkey is away from her
nest, sprinkle the nest and eggs with
it at one or two different times. "A
week before Matching, l drive the tur-
key off her nest, and while she is all
bristled up sprinkle some snuff i'm her
feathers, and when She matches she
will not have a louise on her, and there
will he none about her nest: and as
NONE will get on the young ones they
will grow rapidly.
t'In 1869, from four hens and one
Tom raised siXty-cight young ones.
OF this number, sixty-twO were OF tho
first litter, and six Of the second.
Care should be taken not TO pnt sui
plur enough in the nest to iniurc the
1 turkey.
] sold my turkeys ut the highest
market price, and presume they
brought me as much as most people
( get from as many COWS.
GEESE
| make NV gOOsc-ncst IN about tic
same manner, with the addition of a
small quantity of hOrsc-manurc ON
top of the chip-dirt. In 1869, from
two old geese, ono gosling goose, and
. one gandcr, raised twcnty-onc Cos
lings for market the old goose laying
nineteen eggs and Matching every
egg, and rearing seventeen gOslings ::
the gOsling laying four eggs and rails
ing four goslings-making twenty -onc
goslings raised from twenty three
eggs Zone gosling the hogs killed. and
one was feeble and died, which &C
counts for the tweNty-threc eggs, |
never fed them when young with any
thing. They got their own living.
To have goslmgs grow well, they
must run in some place where thee
can get gravel; they also want large
pasture to rum in. l consider any
other non-cOnductor, such as saw-dust
or tan, as good as chip-dirt, the object
being to prevent too much moisture
from the earth, and to prevent the
jar of thunder from killing the young
before Matching, also to prevent the
eggs from getting chilled on very
cold nights; for that reason l recon-
mend some non-conductor to make
the nests on.
Some time since a gentleman died
who, during lite, refused to believe in
any future punishment. Two or
three weeks after his demise his wife
received through a medium, a COM
munication which read as follows: :
"Dear wife, 1 now believe. Please
send me my thin clothes and q barrel
Of ice water"