The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-03-14
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.


s"mething About Their ushits-Aiso some
tracticAt ii'nts an Rearing Turkeys.
have been much amused tho past
season. says = farmers daughter writing
70 the Country Gentleman, by noticing
the various and somewhat conflicting
instructions given in the ewspaper for
raising turkeys. Judging from the
boasted success OF such opposite meth
DDS. the ycriest amateur need not hcsi-
tate TO make the attempt. for not the
slightest skill Is required for tho busi-
ness.
One poultry keeper says he knows Of
no better food for young turkeys than
raw corn meal dough; another thinks
they require eggs, rice and crackers.
a third says, feed them all they will eat
every v hours, while a fourth declares
they will thrive best without any feed
Ing 81 all. A nth authority says let the
little fellows rough IL from the start
that the mother hen knows best how TO
rear her own children; while = sixth.
who ! think Is . woman. says her little
turkeys are 50 tender that she puts
them In . ~glass-covered pen and keeps
them there for weeks.
As . rule, whom doctors disagree II IL
best to have one OF their prescriptions,
but to experiment for yourself until
some personal knowledge is acquired.
1t Is best TO follow neither extreme. for,
judging from my own experience. / can
not believe that he who allows his little
turkeys 70 rough IT. will succeed In
raising : very large percentage Of the
number Matched or that the lady who
keeps hers confined TO a glass case will
do very much better.
Young turkeys do not require a great
dealo OF heat; they thrive best in temper.
ate weather when the mornings are cool
and the days are bright and sunny. as In
the latter part OF spring before the dry
heat OF summer begins; and while they
do not require any extra dainties set be.
lore them every " hours, yet they dc
need . good wholesome meal OF we'll
cooked food three times a day. After
they are old enough TO 90 out in the
fields in the morning and remain there
al day, two meals will keep them in :
state OF vigorous growth and accelerate
their best development
1t Is pleasanter to feed turkeys than
chickens; they know when they have
got enough and can be satisfied with .
reasonable mount. that Is all except
the old gobbler-he never stops eating
Is long as there is any thing in sight
Bronze turkeys do not reach maturity
until two or three years OF age, when an
ordinary male weighs from IS 70 40 lbs.
and . female from 20 TO 20 MS, though
when fattened their weights may cas-
lily exceed these figures. When six
months old, without being pushed.
the hens weigh from IS to 10 MS, and
the males from 10 to 20 Ms
My flock now is really ornamental;
the turkeys are ninety in number. and
al 50 healthy and handsome. In The
morning we give them . lfkht break
fast and send them on to the fields &c
CLEAN the last remnant q buckwheat
and TO spend the day hunting insects.
About four o'clock they starr homcward.
taking the orchard en- routeA and paus-
ing 70 lunch on fallen apples. When
the yard fence is gained they raise their
wings and ay to their feeding ground.
for they arc q glad to got home IS chill
dren let loose from school, and bring
with them quite as fine sppctites.