The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-07-29
VOLUME 4G.
Management of Young Turkeys.


management of Young Turkeys.
+. i. writes: Il have some quite young
turkeys. VIII you give me some intorma-
ton as to the best method of rearing
them ,"
Reply. Turkey chicks require very care
ful management, the hen turkey is a very
poor mother and will rarely succeed in
rearing Il brood A common hen is an eX-
cellent foster another, and does not roam
so much rs the hen turkey. III the chicks
| have been hatched by the turkey, it would
be well to take them from her and give
them to a hen with small brood OF chicks
or divide them among two OF three. Being
very tender they must have Il dry, warm
coop, made rat proof and rain proof. AT
the approach of rain the turkey chicks
| should be shut up and not let out until the
! ground or grass is div The critical peri
DDS OF a young turkeys life is when it is
| three days old, and again. when six weeks
| Old A stiff mush of oat and barley meal
is, perhaps, the best food; chopped hard
boiled eggs, bread crumbs and chopped
chivcs OF Young onions mixed. are also
verv good for them Boiled cracked wheat
is also good. The chief care is TO keep
them from roaming by coping the mother
| or toster-mother. and to preserve them
from damp. wet. and filth. Sour milk
should not be given under amy considera
ton: but sweet curd with boiled corn meal
and ground black pepper may be fed oc
casionalN, \ little fine gravel should be
mixed with their food No raw corn
meal should be given at amy time When
two months old the chicks become "poults," ,"
and are then safe from the pcrils of infancy.
| American Institute Farmers Club.
According to the returns of the Depart
mcnt OF Agriculture the direct losses OF
| sheep owners by the rayagcs of dogs reach
Il million OF dollars annually in wool and
mutton, and the indirect loss in the repres-
| SION of sheep husbandry, and the conse-
| quent waste of large percentage OF the
grass crop pis still larger Reports from 500
! countless representing about one-tourth of
the sheep of the United States, show Il to-
tai of -, 80 sheep killed during 1874;
and even these returns are not complete.
In some OF the States the loss is from four
10 eleven per cent of the whole value of
the sheep kept In this State the loss is
comparatively small, though lal ger than
it ought to he. This should not bear
against dogs generally, but only "shcep
dogs" Il tibe without ancestry, blood, or
the meanest Kind of pedigree Anyone
ourht tn ton = choon 400 .,t =, u},noa
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| \ RI,; Utrn Can't 4 Il NliIl4t Seth
| N,hrv ! r Ellison and + + Dewara
tour we'll known cattle men. are in thc citv
at New York These gentlemen are the
inint owners of a herd OF cattle NUMBERING
.l6 900 head now ON their way from Texas
II is the LARGEST herd that ever crossed the
Red River. owned and controlled by one
party over 200 men were in CHARGE of
the herd when if left the san Antonio
River two weeks aoo. and 700 horses are
required for the hcr,ers. Nearly half of
| the cattle are now at Great Bend. Kan.
| and the rest are to arrive durinD the next
with \ I in,a, r,.norlor stated that fine drive
this wear will not exceed 100 600 head
and that most OF these are to po to (,rpat
Bend Aboul IL 600 will oo to Wichita
but the bo drive is farther west. The cat
tie are locking we'll and owner, anticipa1e
GOOD prices.
CATTLE IN Colorado The business of
cattle raising is conducted on an immense
scale in Colorado, and every spring cir
cult is made Of the ranches, the cattle are
sorted out, and tn" herds belonging to the
various owners are collected tnd moved
of to the ranches where they belong. rms
/ process IS known a@ The '.fodofo or
ants, commenced the work this year on
the 10th of May and will continue till the
10Th Of July. at which time all the ranches
from Bent county to the base of the noun
tains in Arapahoe county will have been
visited and the cattle sorted Up to June
| II they had gathered and delivered to their
proper owners lnJ 900 head The average
| loss for the season from old ame and severe
weather was eight per cent. greater than
! last wear. In the southern counties the in
| crease has moi been so larue
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own flavor is so ,jlirious Add a LITTLE
cream on milk if You have it. but never
add any butter except the very best. and
not that if you have cream. lam. Aeri-
cutnrist
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The News SAYS Il FAIL River man S..-.
cesstully raises water lilies. In his yard
he sank in the ground the half Of an old
cask, the bottom of which he covered with
peat and swamp mud, and then filled it
with water Early in the spring he placed