Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-09-26
DEPARTMENT T
Essential To Success With Turkeys.

Essential To Success With Turkeys,
We breed White Holland turkeys be.
cause they are early ma,urers, very
great rovers as many other breeds.
Hence they are less likely to be killed
by foxes or shot by hunters in the fall.
They should be kept on free range. We
feed the later ones hard boiled eggs,
bread and sweet milk until about three
or four weeks old, after that time feed
wheat or any small grain they are fond
Of w. A. LoTHERs. Junia,a county, Pa.
The white Holland turkeys are my
choice. like them best on account of
their pure white plumage and their stay
at-home qualities. as very seldom have
to go after them. We have been breed
T, ing them for fifteen years. 1t pays to
/ raise turkeys oil the farm, as they hunt
/ most of their living. The amount of i'll
, sects they consume is astonishing.
Hardy breeding stock is very essential as
Nthe poults will be very weak il one
hasn't that kind. A great many people
think they economist by buying cheap
stock, but it isn't so. You buy a small
tom; OF course your turkeys will be
small that means less money. The
white Holland does not grow as large as
some of the Bronze but have had toms
one year old weighs thrty-four pounds.
My hens weigh eighteen pounds. AL
ways buy the best of any kind and don't
raise scrubs. for you Can always get a
etter price for good stock. customer
If mine got hen of me to kill and he
said it was the finest turkey lie ever
dressed. There is money in the turkey
,rousiness. Turkeys need great deal of
attention when small, bnt one gets well
paid If he raises flock | sold 500
worth of turkeys from three hens at &
and cents a pound when turkeys were
cheap. think that this is doing pretty
well, taking into consideration what
they eat }. J. IIEINTz, Champaign,
county, o.
The farmer realizes more profit OH tur.
keys than any other stock raised on a
farm, whether as side issue or spec
isty. Besides being profitable in a
| peeuniary way turkeys rid the farm OF
grasshoppers and many other insects
regarded as pests and detriment to crops.
Standard bred fowls are in more demand
than mongrels and command better
prices on the market. 1t is not advisable
to select overgrown, large individuals for
breeding purposes, Standard weight is
sufficiently large to breed from and pro-
duce satisfactory results and also brings
better price on the market or by the
breeder. Turkeys cannot endure close
confinement. in their wild state they
are healthy bird aud as a domesticated
fowl thrive best where allowed free
range; forty or fifty will do well on one
acre and a half of good soil, if given
plenty of fresh water and grit and allow.
ed their freedom from about ! p III.
until dark. The most preferable variety
is a matter OF choice; each breed has
many good points to reComend it. The
Bourbon red and Narrangansett have
prehaps, a larger preference than any
other breeds in this region. Dealers in
dressed poultry regard the Narrangan-
sett as best on account of their beautiful
appearance when dressed for the market.
S. DURRIGG & Son, Belmont county,
o.
The pure white plumage Of the White
Holland turkey appeals strongly to all
lovers of the beautiful in nature, and the
tender and delicately favored flesh of
this sultan to the barryard is spoken of
in the highest terms of the epicure. The
White Hollands are very plump and full
breasted and do not seem nearly as large
as the Bronze, but when bred especially
for size almost come up to them in
weight, Quality, however, and not
weight, is the principal merit claimed
for the Hollands. The writer finds them
to be the most prolific of all breeds,
hens frequently laying fifty or sixty eggs
before offering to sit, The young hatch
out and are inst as strong and vigorus as
any of the dark breeds. Young gobblers
of the Bronze family are usually angular
and raw boned when less than year old
and therefore not so salable, but | find
the White Holland gobblers as smooth
and plump then as at two years old
Every farm should have flock of these
beautiful birds of snowy whiteness
They do not possess that roaming spirit
TO such degree as the other kinds,
do not stray away to the neighbors and
the birds are easily located when hiding
their nests. Feed the young turkeys all
the onion tops, chopped up fine that they
will eat and you will find them no more
trouble to raise than chickens.-W.
WARREN.
DAN WRAY THINKS
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