The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-01-28


el as I had lost the year before.
''The autumn Of that year after
selecting my young breeders | sold
the balance for upward Of $500. The
money went into the bank, and be-
fore ;ne end Of the following year
by t..r the largest half had gone to
pay for food. That year my profits
amounted TO over 1900.
THE fourth year l increased my
flock and my profits were more tna1
doubled. IL the fifth year | cleared
81 900 for the first time, and feeling
that ny flctk vas Is ]a1ee az i
could comfortably manage | have
kept the number about the same.
":Althou-h had no reason for Sc
lecting White Holland turkeys beyond
nv love Of their beauty. [ now know
many points in their favor. The
first is that I believe they suit the
climate of Connecticut better than
either the bronze or the ordinary do
mestic turkey.
"Ther their color enables me to
pick my flock out from those OF my
neighbors. They don't get mixed, and
when they happen tc stray, which Is
very seldom, they are easily ldentl-
fed.
:'Thev are more domestic and re-
quire Il smaller range. They are not
nervous. and are so gentle that any
one to wnom they are accustomed can
pick them up.
"Though size smaller than the
bronze turkey, they are larger than
| the ordinary domestic fowl and an
ideal market bird. When properly
fattened their flesh in yellow, deli
cate in flavor and very Juicy. Their
breast is very large, which is aaoth-
er point in their favor for table use.
"My methods of rearing them are
very simple. In he winter my flock
roots in a large and very airy
shed and have access to a barn IN
which is kept plenty of good, clean
| chaff and grain litter. When the
weather is unusually severe all their
! food is warmed and spieed with
/ pepper. For the cold months I use
mixture of wheat, buckwheat and
corn almost exclusively.
"They are never kept indoors even
| in the coldest weather, except in
case Of rain. They go out into the
snow freely, although the doors OF
their shed and barn are always lett
ooen for them.
"It has to be admitted that until
turkey passes its third week it is an
extremely delicate bird, but by OBJ
serving a few rules it may be easily
pulled through this dangerous per-
iod. To be successful with the young
birds you must see that they have
! plenty of the right sort Of food, that
their trouehs and eoops are kept
clean and that they axe kept from
getting wet even in the dew.
|For food I begin with bread sea-
sone,: with T., per ar cNrdS. and let
them gradually work into hard grain.
! As a rulc 2 turkey WIFI begin to eat
grain freely when it is about tie size
of a rigeon. l give wheat and buck
wheat before corn. Even to grown
turkeys I give corn spa':ng:y, ex-
cept during the coolest weather.
"Earthen vessels or old iron pans
make the best troughs for drinking
water or sour milk. I would never
recommend the use of wooden vessels
for such purposes, as it is next to
impossible to clean them, and nothing
is 50 sure to breed disease among
i fowls as a dirty drinking vessel.
ut is my rule to keep the young
birds confined until they are able to
fly over the two foot high fence OF
their ward. After this they are al
lowed to rum with their mother, but
I am careful to keep them in IN wet
weather and until the dew is of IN
the mornings.
GAS a rule, after the third weeF,
if a young turkey has been properly
! cared for it should be able to stand
almost anything. There are some
Years in which care over them snould
be extended one week and sometimes
even three weeks longer. A clear
season, when there is plenty OF sun
LIGHT, is much better for young tur-
KEYS than rainy or culdy weather.
II have been urged to use gluten
Ill, I'm,