Evening star., 1916-04-30

The care that Is given to turkeys.
spring. summer. autumn and winter. is
determining factor in the successful
management of flock. They cannot
stand filth and if forced to live in It
will soon sicken and die.
In an address some time ago on tur-
key raising w. J. Bell. who has had
about thirty years experience in the
business, said:
"A great many people do not give
their turkeys any attention in the
winter months, and that is not right.
feed my turkeys oats in the morn
ing and full feed of good sound fall
wheat at night. and I give them small,
unstable apples for green feed.
Another way in which turkeys are
neglected in winter time is when there
Is snow on the ground and they can
not get any grit or gravel. 1t is neces-
sary to have a bank Of gravel that
they can go to, and in the absence
of that they should be supplied with
commercial grit.
water at all times. If they do not get
pure water they will drink out of the
pools in the yard at this time of the
year. A great many people tell me
tnelF turkeys arc SICK, anu l
the cause chiefly to their drinking the
water from pools in the yard. When
the snow leaves the ground in the
spring I take away the wheat and give
them only a light feed of oats once a
day. because they roam the fields and
that is left over from the previous
year. If you feed them oats and wheat
right along the females will be too
fat. The male does not look for feed.
IL ~ all
through the spring, and 1 feed the
males oats in the morning and wheat
at night in order to keep them in good
condition.
The birds should have a range every
day out around the yard. and they
should never be confined to the build
ings. As to night treatment. the last
two or three years I have left my tur-
keys to roost on the fences on the
southeast side of the barn. where they
winds. I would not say that they are
not better there than in an open shed.
In no case should they be compelled
to roost in henhouse."
Spanish ANNIE" the grand old hen
Of twenty-nine years duly authenti-
cated), owned by Col. James Blanch-
ard of Dayville. Conn.,, is quite content
to die because the other day she per-
formed what is probably her last labor
in this world, something beyond "All
the kings horses and all the king s
men," for she laid an egg.
Spanish Annie, called because she is
Of the black Spanish variety, hasn't
laid an egg in years. However. with
in q year she got her name in the news
papers and her picture in many of
them. when she Matched out fine
brood of chickens and was hailed as
the world champion Biddy.
Col. Blanchard. who is proud of his
famous hen, has discovered from his
poultry records that Spanish Annie was
Matched July 4. 1887. and for years
contributed to the Blanchard daily egg
supply. Some years ago her shiny Jet
black feathers began turning white
and her eggs were fewer. Then she
lost her quick dashing gait. and at
present her feathers are a mottled gray.
An unusually complete poultry book
is that issued by the Ralston Purina
Company. ST. Louis 1t contains plans
of houses. cures Of diseases. breeding
charts. feeding charts. space for daily
egg records. timely poultry pointers
and the most complete collection of
recipes for cooking eggs and poultry
that has ever been compiled. This book
has a beautiful autographed cover well
printed on good paper and is of size