The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-09
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INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR,
RURAL READERS.
Mow Successful Farmers Operate Thia
j Department OF {. the Farm Few
Hints as TO 4 the Care Of Live stock
and Poultry. III
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some Hints ON Turkeys.

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Fromthe Farmers Review: After the
red comes, usually when they are eight
or ten weeks old. it is not necessary to
fight lice upon them again il you keep
their roosting place clean. It is best
to fix roosts under a shed, under trees,
or even In the open, and remove their
coops after they are feathered out, tor
impure air and overcrowding IN their
roosting quarters always results disas-
trously. Let the most of their food be
given after they outgroW the bread
period and now it will do no harm to
allow them to eat all they want II they
have consid erable Of a run. for. they
are naturally great bug-eaters and for
ayers. SO the feed you give Will help TO
make quick growth. n &. |s ss,.7 F. ID d
Never neglect to provide clei-n water
in clean vessels for them to drink; II
you do not they will either drink foul
water, or wander off in search or
water. Poults will gang together and
will follow after any hen that Will
chuck and not fight them. We had one
old chicken hen that we named the
i turkey hen," for she raised two gangs
Of turkeys each year. Towards fall she
4 would have the whole gang of turks
after her. After she had brought ner
second clutch through babyhood until
we sold them. They would even try
to stick their heads under her while on
the roost. #8s =. 5s4~ss% .~@~,
1t is hardly possible to get turks TO
fatten through the hot weather, put
the first frosty nights seem to sharpen
their appetites and then they eat greed
lily. We feed mature shelled corn for
six weeks before sale day. aiming TO
give all they will eat three times day.
If they seem droopy after babyhood'
give them a feed Of curds made Dlack
with PEPPER and thick with chopped
onion tops some morning. Thls Will
nearly always straighten out their
dumps If it does not put a quart OF
good wood ashes in two gallons OF
water and allow them to drink OF 1t.
This often stops disease that greatly
resembles cholera, but if they still con-
tinue droopy quarantine the worst ones
and strive by added cleanliness 70
prevent the we'll ones becoming dreopy.
We 10 OF docto: much, excepting for
symptoms of roup and bowel trouble,
for we think cleanliness, wholesome
food, grit and few lice, or none at all,
are the best things to have in the way
of medicine. ~
"a The first year we killed several in
our ignorance by using coal oil in their
roost coops, and by our crowding. We
soon discovered it simply will not do
to use strong fumes of any sort In
their coops, nor to overcroWd, nor to
put grease on them. IA ezs
d Last summer our neighbor' told us
she found lice on her poults that morn
ing, and that she promptly creased
them a little with lard. We told her
her poults would be most sure to die,
and in a few days she said some Were
already dead, the others had the dumps
and finally they did all die that she
creased. But what can do for lice?
Use insect powder" It didn't kill
+ them when she had used it. Well, then,
it wasn't fresh. Get good, either by
sending to headquarters or by buying
of a. reliable druggist.-Emma Clear
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