The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-20
PROFITS POSSIBLE
IN TURKEY RAISING
Common Sense Methods Can
Be Turned Into Money
by Breeders.
REARING POuLTS EASY
~ ARCHIE vANDERN ONT.

There Is no question hut that the
greatest secret IN successful turkey rails
ing is in having strong. vigorous.
healthy parent stock. II o hatch cgss
from this kind of stock the battle IL GER
tainiy half won. In selecting the breed
ing stock the hest birds are none too
GOOD and are the cheapest in the end.
as your future stock depends almost en-
tireiy on the parent birds. Select a male
with plenty Of ,igor and OF good size.
but do not use u bird Of extreme heavy
weight. Select females having long
deep bodies. good bone and lots OF vigor.
n yearling or two-ycar-o!d hens are
used "a breeders. mate them with II
yoxng tom. If pullcts are used. select TN
older tom 10 head the flock. \ good.
vigorous tom can I've mated with fifteen
to twenty hens. hut as - rule II IL not
advisable tu mate one tom with over
ten or twelve hens.
The care of the breeding stock is the
next important step. Much Of the So
called bad luck in turkey raising.
namely. infertilc and soft shellcd eggs
and impaired yigor. is due To oycrfe,d-
ing. II the birds that have been So
lec,ed az breeders have been allowed to
fa,,cn with the stock intended for mar
ket they should I've reduced to medium
flesh during the winter. as good results
csnuo, he obtained from overfat
breeders.
The writer has found oats to 10 the
hest food 'or lie turkey hens DUNG
the bre.d,-r season. and feeds this al
most cu..-.i; with an occasional feed
81 wheat - corr charcoal. shells ana
grit are kept within easy reach ~ all
times. Ground bone ais" Is fed. as II
has "A tendency To- make the eggs more
fertile. .lu.; before the hens begin to
Law. which is about the last OF March
or the first Of .April. make nests of straw
along the fences in overturned barrels
and In secluded places. and Ms" china
nest eggs, and usually little trouble Will
he experienced In inducing the hens TO
lay in the nests provided for them.
The egg shou'si be gathered every
day, kept IN a vol place and turned
once a day un.'l .rey are set. T. is a
good plan 20 mark on each egg the date
when II was la.d. as by doing this one
knows eAn--,y wa!ch eggs 20 set iirst. 4
turkey hon Will lay from fifteen TO
eighteen eggs and then become broody.
II is an easy ma'.cr 10 break one from
setting II taken IL .':nc. and in this way
secure an extra clutch Of eggs. for she
Will lay sEilU 100 IL h'N ''N Nv" y
allow the turkeys t. hatch their wi
Eggs. although they may Ice Matched with
common hens. TIN. turkey hen seems 10
understand the weakness OF the poults
better. She moves abou: slowly. brood
ing often. while IN" chicken hen hustles
about - that she soon tires out the ten
der poul;>.
II chicken hens are used for Matching
they should be Sc a; the sam" time With
49, SOL. lan- ., NgEfa,N all tf, nnstf
may b. given.
set turkeys IN coops and make the
nest by sroop.ng ont the earth "A depth OF
two or ;hrcc inches. This prevents the
eggs from rolling out and gives the re-
Quired moisture. | then put in u layer
81 chat A. a rule, | set eighteen eggs
under each hen. 1t Is II good plan TO
sprinkle the mes. with "A good lice pow
der or lice KILLER before putting the tur-
key on the nest. | do not remove The
hen to the new mes. until she has set two
days on the old one. AM .hen carefully
remoNc her ~ uI-ht and place her upon
the nest. After the first day | never
have any troub.c with them about going
TO their nests. The coups are opened
every day and the hens can leave IN,
nest and return ~ will. Place water and
feed whc"e they can get 1t AZ any time.
u takcS twruty-ciGht days for turke,
'Nsa ~ "'' w ''"'u'' -"
turkey duiin- IN" period Of incubation
The puults arc not removed from the
nest until they AZ" twenty-four hour
old then Il the Weather is dry the,
are removed - - coop in tho orchard
which Is enclosed with a high wire fence
iheir '""p SIl"ulh nc III! anu f""ih'
WIN u roo u Sh"d 'he "dte7 50 ina
thcy may pr hti'' there ourlhg the We
were rainy 'a|s' iheS theh re, Wa'e
ana erIt, ana wheh they are thir'y-s.!
hours old ana nave their nrst food con
sistlilg OF stale bread soaked IN swce
mix and squeezed dry with the hand
! mix iine grit and "A little puir'llae
charcoal with this and feed II for sew
er1l days. aft'r which ] bake corn brea'
or Johnny cake. made of corn mea
mixed with wafer or sweet skim mil
and "A little salt added. and ~th"ronEhl