Milford chronicle., 1909-06-18


carry plenty Of vigor, bring bette
results than from the pairing over
large hens which are. never bis
egg producers, with oveI-grow1
toms, usually inactive and awk
ward.
Under ordinarily good condi
tons turkeys can be grown aDc
sold at s or 9 cents a pound, live
weight, and return a profit. When
the possibility of an advance of 4
or 4 cents or even double this is
considered, it is seen that there is a
chance for large margin of profit.
All turkey meat does not bring the
same price. When ordinary Thanks
giving turkeys are bringing in the
large cities so or IS cents a pound,
Rhode Island birds range as high
as IS and even 40 cents. 1t is
quite as easy, according to McGrew
and Howard and other authorities,
to grow turkeys Of superior as of
inferior quality. In fact, strong,
virile parents will naturally produce
larger number Of, as we'll as a
better quality Of broilers or roasters
/ Ofcourse the subject of feeding and
forcing turkeys is one of the most
important features Of turkey rails
idg and bears directly on the ques-
tion Of price.
The turkey that has been fed to
a plump, attractive condition, that
shows the full, plump breast when
dressed for market, IS the kind that
sells for the highest price, said |
Mr.. Howard, in speaking of this
part of the business. II have
known turkeys to be purchased at
an average weight of II to y lbs.
each, and be fed for three weeks
and average 10 to IS pounds. The
weight being all edible
product added almost a double val
ue to that originally paid for the
birds. The money is made in tur-
key growing by forcing, through
heavy feeding, to a finished pro.
duct that will bring the highest
price. Rhode Island turkeys are {
held up to the world as the best of {
all turkeys sent to market, but all I
The best turkeys do not come from {
Rhode Island. The fact that so I
many Rhode Island growers under q
stand the feeding of poults from 7
he time they are hatched until
.ent to market is what has made
he Rhode Island turkeys more
popular than those from other To-
alities. I have seen the White J.
the Bronze. the Narragan- e
EFT, the Buff and the Red turkeys 4
II sell side by side at the same high q
rice in the market and l have al p
o seen each one of these sell for O.
he lowest price, the conditions +
7arranting the result. "
An interesting experiment was q
arried on by the South Carolina 81
tatiOn with a view to inducing 81
1rkeys to lay in confinement and 10
lus effect a considerable saving u
ronze and White Holland turkeys &c
ere selected, a pair of hens and a
I'M of each, and were confined in
ms SO by 100 feet long. Two
ssts yard square were provided ~
each run. They were covered Ia Ia
/ top to keep out rain and were NO
Irtly hidden by brush. Both eff
eeds began laying late in March, nu
e Bronze producing AZ eggs and &C
e White Holland SO, of which So his
d II, resi- pectively. were fertile.
As the stealing of nests by tur- irS 1SS
Us is considerable nuisance, the "
apartment Of Agriculture has col EN-
ted some data on the subject of an,
lucing the birds to lay at home. vel
Ie Ontario Department of Agri- In
lture is quoted as stating that if knt
'ts are prepared around the farm =,
ildings and In the orchard with @ clei
ish and old boards in such a way 10 10
to resemble a brush heap, the p
keys are very apt to lay in them. he
30 if the birds are we'll fed in the emJ
ing they will begin laying before Emi
fence corners and rubbish heaps -
ich they prefer for nests, are Al
: from snow, and under such
they are more likely -
Utilize the prepared nests. con,
'he Manitoba Experiment Sta =
! recently produced some figures {
lparing pen feeding with rang EE
The penned birds were given TITE
they would eat clean of a mix Ills
= Of wheat, oats and barley, 2:G:I. Ell
2 unconhned turkeys received a -ElI
e grain in addition to what they ~
Id forage, probably about the u
ount which would be fed on the y
rage farm. The penned tur- tack tas
$ during the six weeks of the NE
b feeding increased from an av- bacl
ye of 6. 5S pounds each to 10. 90 ness