The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-01-18

demand being strongest then, the
prices are usually always the highest
Al hese Two seasons they brlag the
highest prices on the open market
at whoissae VI any animal taAt
The iamer raises, 0fen ,hs p;ice
is ,M4c4 ,ha uf choice hogs OF
styes and frequently tAnee tines
as Caucn. SIX ce.its pound, i've
w>isLA. 10 noss or s.eers Is counA-
ed god p.iles III tie country; bul
u keys ne-ily always being more
,n-I Twelve esn.s a podna; scms-
zines eigh e. o. ,weaty.
m une above prices, and tAe
Nscy sinai 14st y. .ais.As lue U,gds
-lul .nsy asc nea ~ All u iae.t
Is. ~oud seen uuat ete.y
t..rlyr Wvuld .D-udon ali dJ4es live
LEX aud la.se turkeys exclusive.
~. ut MT 50; .hey do no.. There
IS a secss, al Inc IJundadon. IL
Is ye.y true that The COS, OF iais-
Is ne birds Is very sulail, ,l,nl
ActriAg, yet 10 Sc de youths 70
tlte .ao.v TIN d lev days IS 50
citiicult hat not ulore tuan d mud
ii tne Ia.n-.s Keep ,aem Al a4E
Us ua3od VIII u4tsu aga ali-
WI pe.iecuy seons aAe ~
ay VII Dc given ,le vs., a l4a,
SHELTER and ocne, treatment aAd
lAIn a week every puuit
VII be as dad Is :, s1l-. a lm-
Ky hen Viii be turned OUT q her
coop with a brood OF fifteen Driven
Iy unity Youngsters aud c-nl-
hlue tle l.,xt day viii WO oi
,mee s-rasgAng mtube.s, aud Oh
IA Tue entire NUMB missing PMS
j. nol eX,speoA, but the rule. aud
tle saa eXps.4eacy u thousands
vac expected to lut a. moalslge
nd buy piano New Yea. o Aauy
.aS,e 1t only On yus of t4sse
least days. and some-eyen for grow
.us them. IL seems thaLwg o.n to
,hen short .srm OF dJmesuc4eon,
Or forCthell reasons, growers nave
me- yet discovered tie natural feed
and shelter requirements OF ye.y
Young tu.keys. II ia held BY SINE
tnat if they could be reared in
the weods--heir native wild llme
the death rate among the young
would not be so great A fortune
awaits the poultryman who eau is-
alze the trlia. theory. f.. the de-
mand FOR ,beir flesh grows stronger
and he prizes higher each year
TURKEY growing for those who
have he sktl. or lick Pc Ia. > in
doing it is one of the most profitable
side bFandhers OF farming. To
grow a pig u maturity 50 that it
will bring, say, ten dollars on the
market, probably six Of eight dol
lars worth Of corn and other feed
must be given il. To grow a tnr-
key to maturity so that 1t willb ring
say. two dollars on the market, n
more. then fifty cents worth OF
feed viii be required. In the case
Of lie pig there is profit OF only
twenty-five per cent, while with
ne turkey there is a showing Of az
Least seyeuty-five per cent In mos
cases the profit is stin larger, fcl
turkeys moi only forage all theil
feed during he summer growing sea
son. but tpa, c9Rsumed IN auiymT
and early winter fausning IS usu
ally scltta ca corn abou The crl
and feadins lots that would ether
wise so to waste People as I
rule. count turkey monsy clear prof
It where a limiJed-sized flock +
{ bp On The general farm.
The turkey han beSins to IA,
Ger eggs in April She lays a doz
en- or fifteen at a LAYING, an
b then sits on thsm if allowed toan
g The nest is nearly always stolen avn
along some fence row OF in the brus
Or weeds by coping her for
b few days and giving her eggs to
Z common hen, she will lay anothe
!, setting, and by rspeahng The cool
ling process she viii lay third SCI
i ting which she is allowed 10 incr
3 BITE herself
A common hen can mother youn
turkey chicks. yet she Is not cor
sidered as good mother for iheS
j. as ulksy hen. The turkey he
u is larger and has larger wings, whic
enable her to cover them VIII du
+ ing heavy rain. She also unde
! tands their natural needs bett'
i than the common hen.
q When baby turks leave the she
they are fed on hard-boiled egg
= she'll and all, mashed fine, for tv
! or three days. After that, f
Y week or ten days, they are f
IS ON the dry curd of milk which hi
:, been previously cooked. They thr
!. are turned out on the range wit
~ their M Tiers, to subsist during q