Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-23
Chickens And Turkeys A Bad Com
bination.


bination.
There Is always something new to be
learned about turkeys every year. and
last year I learned beyond doubt that
turkeys and chickens cannot be raised
together. a. a certain % Of ground
corn agrees with chickens, while it will
not agree with turkeys, and I have been
wondering II this is n o the cause Of 20
great q mortality among young turkeys
from the size Of quails up to prairie
chickens. as by raising them in the
chicken yard they get more or less corn.
tried raising part Of my turkeys with
chickens last year and the result was
poor turkeys. Turkeys must have en-.
tireiy different food and care from that
chickens receive. So many write to
know what kind Of food to give young
turkeys.
feed hard boiled eggs. chopped she'll
and all. Put the eggs in cold water,
bring to = boil and boil from one half to
one hour. Egg alone is fed the first two
days. After that I chop dandelion
leaves in the morning with the egg. add.
ing q little sour milk curd. at moor q
little milk curd, and at night I chop
onions or onion tops with the egg and
curd. always putting in q little chick
grit in the morning.
A lady wrote ME she fed chick feed
and had very good results last year. A
successful breeder in Canada feeds
shorts, Just nioistened until it site ks to
the palm Of his hands then lets the tur-
keys pick It of. ! am too busy a woman
to feed out Of my hand. hut l keep them
a little hungry, as over feeding kills
more turkeys than anything else.
Turkeys, especially young turkeys. are
~voracious eaters. and their digestive
organs cannot stand the overtax placed
upon them by such hasty eating Of what
nature never intended for them.
Over feeding. lice and 80 much greas
ing are responsible for the deaths in the
turkey family. 1 have had had partie,
write ue that they know their turkey.
were not lousy for they had creased then
we'll and the they creased the Nor.
they died, and the grease was just wha'
killed them.
1t is a very Easy thing to keep turkey'
free from lice when young. When the,
are first taken of have q liquid lice kill
er, paint a box not air tight, and PIT. thu
old turkey in for an hour or two. TAX,
lice powder aud dust her we'll. us'
I.ambarts Death to lice powder. I dus
the little turkeys and put just a drop OF
grease on their heads AMI rub it in vel.
to kill the large head lice. You have t.
) 70 over them once a week for lice, a.
there is where the lice keep house an,
raise such large families in so short
time. Dust we'll in between the quill
feathers, do It regularly once a week and
, you will keep down the lice. l attribute
$ my success to feeding so much greer
food. as that Is the food they get when
roaming around the fields. That and ia
sects is their natural food.
Keep the lice of. under feed, unit
they can 10 in the field aud feed them
!, selves, and barring accidents. If they ar
, kept clean and fed the right kind of feed
you can raise every turkey that matches
!, as ! raise a larger per cent of those tina
: matches than | do chickens, especial
where the rows take so mnny chicks a
. they do here. Farmers ought TO peti,io
congress for a bounty on crows. they ar
a public nuisance.
Mrs. CHAs. JoNRs.
In regard to the query about ~vernir
I would say. there Is only II thing
do and that is wage eternal warfare
Don't let the pests get started, they az
sure death 70 ,ponltry. aud it is true til
cure is worse than the disease. Preyei
ton is better than cure in this CASE
Varmints and vermin are the plague {
= TIA; p,u,.ry isw's i:fs. ThsJc are ~o'ye'
. foaes., cress, hawks. rats, pole cat;
w~easles, mlnks. innsk rats. snakes, lie,
mites. cliygafs, Mia aud microbes. IN
' sides hst aud Hlth To fight. amt il 20
ever bear. tic. Ozark Poultry farm la
s"!d but know il. ssss because we got tire
Of fighting yer,uir ana varmints. The
y are fearful u The ,terseS q! the pou,try