The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-05-13

Let Young turkeys alone in the nest
until they are twenty-four hours old;
they do not need food within that time
and handling only injnSs them. When
they ARE strong ON their ~: and begin
tn run ont from undor the hen Ii search
II food, remove the mother hen and the
little turks to a clean, dry coop, which
should have q board floor covered with
sand or gravel. This coop should also
have a pen around IL.
The first food given TO young tur-
KEYS should be hard-boiled eggs, run
bled fine. curds and stale bread crumbs
moistencd with milk. To prepare the
curds, set q kettle or a pan Of sour milk
on the back OF the stove where II will
warm gradually, but do not allow II To
get scalding hot, a scalding makes the
curds tough and stringy; when tho
whey rises pour the contents Of the pan
into q bag Of s~trainer cloth, or into q
straincr Of some kind, and let the whey
drain of. For the first two weeks feed
nothing except the boiled eggs, curds
and bread crumbs, with all the milk,
sweet or sour, that they will drink.
The third week commence feeding
cooked corn meal Mix the meal into
u still dough with water and bake for
an hour or more according 10 the size
VI the loaf. The outside crust OF this
bread may DO moistcnod with milk or
water but the inside should Just be-
crumblcd up. II Is some work 10 bake
bread, cook eggs, prepare curds, etc,
for a large flock of young turkeys, hut
w ARE fully convinced that II pays.
Young turkeys will not thrive on N.
cooked food. or on wet sloppy food.
and the sooner farmers find II out tho
better for the turkeys. Feeding young
turkeys raw meal before they arc fully
feathered and have thrown out the red
on their heads, is pretty certain toupset
their digestive organs, and when n
young turks stomach" Is out Of order
he might rs we'll be dead. Feed young
turkeys often. five or six times a day
until they are three months old. II YOU
expect line large birds for Thanksgiving
You must keep them growing right
straight along; full feed for the first
three months will make n decided diff
ference in the weight OF the bird when
market day comes. When they are three
months old feed cracked corn, wheat,
oats, wheat screenings. etc, but no
whole corn until cold weather. After
the third month turkeys will, II Insects
are plenty, thrive on two meals n day
until frost; but II you can only scare mp
one grasshoppcr and two potato bugs
on a forty acre lot. you had better give
an extra meal In the middle OF the day.
Before they are fully fcathercd aud have
thrown out the red, turkeys arr tender
and extremely liable to die Of chills and
cramps caused by exposure TO hcav,
dews and cold rains; tramping around II
: the grass when Il was wet with dew ha,
killed more Young turkeys than any
|, thing else, except improper food. fol
! the first two or three DAYS conIine III,
youmg turkeys 10 the coop and pen; thcr
/, when the weather Is pleasant let then
| out tc roam at will after the dow Is oil
A hen mother will ALWAYS bring he
! brood home nj night, hut Won cant nj
WAYS trust n turkey mother; nine time
: In ten she will squat down lust wher
nIght oyer,akes her. and Il YOU don
hunt her no and drive her home. she vii
gct up the next morning rs soon as sh
can SEQ a streak Of daylight and wandc
around In tho wet grass until she Kill
: half her brood-so when your turkc
: mother don't return 10 the Q o nj nth
o you must drive or coax her In. II b
any chance N Of the little turks get ",
and chilled. don't give them up until yo
arc sur they are dead. Take them /
the house and thoroughly warm and dr.
; them; then give warm food well-se,
soued with cppcr. Tho writer h.
& ''warmed over chilled turkeys that e.