The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-01
TURKEY RAISING.

Successful turkey raising is very
much like successful chicken raising.
First select the breed you like best.
They are all good, but prefer the
Narragansette TO all others They
are not quite as large as the Bronze,
9ut they lay more eggs than any 9TH
" breed; another good point, they
nature early and have fine fun
breast That is what caps the climax
Nhen fine large savory turkey is to
grace the Thanksgiving table.
Some think the young poufts are
Easier raised, but it does not make
any difference what breed you are
starting with. You must have large
.ell matured healthy birds, or you
IAN not expect strong poults. pre-
er raising them with the turkey hen.
II she is not in the notion of sitting
hist when you want to set the eggs,
put them in the incubator or put
hem under chicken hens, and she
viii be ready to set before they are
ready to come<off. Keep close watch
IN her and when she begins staying
IN her nest at night then dust her
with insect powder, repeat this two
Or three times then she will not
nave any lice to bother the little ones.
When the eggs first commence to pip
put two or three under her and let
them hatch there, and If she likes
them then you have won the battle;
then you can put all to her or per-
haps you would have enough for two
or three hens, if SO, say about 20 to
q hen.
First give the chicks sand and char
coal to pick, then feed them hard
boiled eggs a little at time and
often until they are couple of days
old, but that is too expensive to feed
them very long Take light bread
and soak it in boiled sweet milk and
sprinkle we'll with black pepper, that
warns them up Of cold mornings.
One can get stale bread at the bak-
eries at reduced prices. or if that is
not handy, they are fond of cottage
cheese, cut UP onion tops, dandelion
and lettuce and mix in their feed of
mornings.
When the turkey hen has the care
Of them, you do not have to coop
them up. 4 find they thrive better
to have a small lot, fenced in with
poultry netting to keep her from drag
ging them too far away from home,
and the varmints are not so apt to
make raid on them while they are
roosting on the ground About acre
would be large enough, but more il
II was handy. And as soon as you
take the hen from the nest put her
In this yard, and give them plenty of
fresh water in something so they
can not drown. and 1t will not be
many days until they come running
and Hopping their little wings where
ever you feed them.
After they are a week old, you will
not. have to feed them more than!
three times day, keep them in this
yard until they are about a month
Md. then you can start them out
brave and strong to battle with the
bugs AS that Is their main living
pnt'1 fa'l. then thew are Old enough
to fly up on low roosts. Lice do not
bother then So badly raised in this
way, but keep a watch for them, IL
It should be wet weather They can
not get toe dust themselves. II any
look droopy, hunt the insect powder
and dust them, they can stand it bet
ter now than when they were babies.
You win not have to feed them so
often now, but it is we'll to give them
a liberal feed each night, then they
have some inducement to bring them
home to their old roosting tree, and
then You can look over the flock. If
some are not looking just right give
some venitian red in their feed,
enough to color the feed They like
it and it makes them thrifty. Give
them some each week, it keeps them
all wen, as the old adage says IAN
ounce Of prevention is worth a pound
Of cure" In caring for turkeys in
this way you can raise large tlocks
each season ! raise about 200 each
year-Lowry Higgins in the Farmers
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