The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-10-13

docks can be kept healthy there is no
doubt about making money from them,
as turkeys are good foragers and pick
up the greater part of their living in
the fields.
Turkeys of average weight are
worth $3.50 in retail markets. Per-
haps farmers will sell most of their
focks in a wholesale way and there
fore can hardly count on more than
So for each bird, but at this price
there is easily profit Of $1.5O. 1t is
certain that turkey raising belongs in
the line Of mixed farming and should
become a feature Of many places
where ten or twelve distinct products
are brought forward.
There are many mixed farming en-
thusiasts who wish to balance up their
programs with poultry. They can &C.
complish this object in part with tur
keys without excluding other fowls
OF course field for range is necessary
either with turkeys or geese, and the
different fiocks will not interfere with
each other. but If turkeys can have a
small field all to themselves so much
the better, especially while the young
birds are becoming hardy and vigor-
Gus. 1t is wise plan to have patch
of ground fenced off for newly Matched
poults, so that the parent fowls will
not be giving the little things too much
travel. This danger is over in the
course of two or three weeks. 1t Is
good custom to turn the young birds
over to broody hens. but as the latter
are usually troubled with vermin it is
necessary to apply insect powders.
Lard and kerosene may be applied to
the hen, but not to poults. Pyrethrum
should be busted on the latter when
lice appear. When turkeys are han
died in careful way the business will
almost equal that of chicken raising
At any rate, 1t works well with a mix
ed farming program. Owners have
only to bear in mind that they must
engage in the business extensively
enough so that they can afford to han
die 1T right. II II Is worth doing at
all 1t Is worth doing well. and this
principle should apply to all farming
projects. Turkeys and chickens should
not be treated as side lines and allow
ed to go along in haphazard way.
The focks need to be started right and
given good chance to develop in a
healthy manner
Nearly all poultry raisers say the
Eronze variety is best. possessing as it
does hardness with large size. All
over the west the Bronze type is popu-
lar and gaining fast. Breeders are
selecting the finest specimens that are
obtainable. and the new flocks now
coming forward in such large numbers
show good characteristics. Dealers ex-
pect to get larger proportion of their
fall and winter supply in localities
which heretofore have not furnished
many turkeys. Prices will be high
enough to afford farmers at least $3.50
net profit for each fowl. and In cases
where they have private customers the
returns will be still larger.
In general way turkeys require the
same management as chickens, only
they should have wider range in
pleasant weather than the latter. The
poults require no food until day old.
but water and sand should be within
reach. In the course of thirty-six hours
a simple kind Of feeding may begin
Breadcrumbs moistened and squeezed
dry are as good as any other food
Curds or Dutch cheese is relished. and
the little birds thrive on this In con-
nection with such things as onion tops
and dandelion leaves minced fine Corn
bread Is about the best food when they
are two weeks old. and a little later
cracked corn or wheat should be pro-
vided.