The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-02-03

mrny more than l raise and know !
Will have more satisfied customers
Turkey raiserS must be willing to give
careful attention to the little turks fOI
about six weeks if they expect to sue
| coed. but after that they can begin to
| figure on their bank account with theit
turkey money.
There is no branch of poultry rails
ing that | like as we'll as turkey rails
ing and there is nothing on the farm
| that looks nicer than a large flock of
turkeys. l think a farm without tur
keys look incomplete Breeders should
mate UP their turkeys early in Feb
/ ruary as they begin to get ready for
the breeding season by that time. They
should get accustomed to their new
home before the breeding season COM
mences as they are a nervous bird
and dislike change. If people wait until
late to get their start in turkeys they
are apt to loose the best part Of the
seasons work.
The first eggs Of fowls are apt to be
unfertile under the most facorable cir
cumStances, but if you move turkeys
late they, with their nervous ways, will
be very much later laying fertile eggs
and you have lost the very best part Of
the seasons work, as turkeys should be
Matched early enough 10 be driven out
on the range by the time the first grass
have the whole season before them
without one cent of cost to their owner.
The farm is where healthy, strong
turkeys can protitbly be raised. They
not only get their own living, but help
the farmer more than he can dream Of
For several years I was compelled to
watch my turkeys off the railroad until
after the O'Clock morning train went
by. would go out with the flock and
stay until after the train and unless
there was an extra through the day
considered my turkeys safe as this Is
only branch road. I would not take
a good deal for what 1 learned. The
bushels of weed seed that flock -Eof ;,
turkeys devour is incredible, besides.
all insects are gobbled up. They show
that a divine providence created them
for just the purpose of destroying all
noxious insects and worms in their
path. as an instinct of nature makes
the flock spread out just far enough to
gather up all insects in their path. If
a large flock enters ten-acre field, by
the time they get across to the other
side not a worm or insect is left.
always teach my turkeys to come home
to rooSt. and 1t Is one of the finest
sights on a farm to look out as the sun
is nearing the horizon and see large
flock of turkeys spread out to take up
everything in their course that will de-
stroy the farmers crops and converting
it into golden dollars. If one raises the
bronze turkeys the sun as it is sinking
to rest glints across their backs and
brings out the beautiful golden bronze
and makes the sight more beautiful
than the rainbow There Is no sight
on the farm that compares with it
besides the benefit to the farm.
l think if farmers understood turkeys
better there would be millions raised In
stead of the few that do not half supply
the demand. When they learn how
easy it is to raise a large flock and
what a benefit it is to the farm as we'll
as to the pocketbook, more turkeys Will
be raised and more turkeys eaten, and
the demand will still keep growing. In
my next I will give my way Of yarding
my breeding stock.
Mrs. Charles Jones.
Compton, Ill