Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-08-24
HINTS FOR CARE OF PoUIgS

doubt overlooking. In a wild state
turkeys are not subject to most of
the Ills of domestic fowls and in the
Wild state they are more often hun
cry than not. About 100 young poults
nave been raised at the State ColIeoe
poultry plant this year. The method
OF feeding has been as follows. The
poults were first fed about As hours
after Matching. The feed consisted
OF an equal bulk of rolled oats
breakfast food form, but uncooked)
and finely cut dandelion leaves and
stems. The mixture was sprinkled
on clean coarse gravel The feeder
stood with watch In hand and gave
only what the poults would clean IN
IN two minutes. The poults were fed
five times per day for the first four
weeks and this two-minute time
schedule was rigidly observed. After
the first few feeds, hard boiled egg
was crushed, shell and all. and thor
oughy rubbed into the rolled oats
little finely cracked wheat was
added to the mixture but always one
half the ration by bulk was finely
shredded tender green food. After
the third day sour milk was placed
| before the poults at 1000 a. m. and
at 500 p. m. in quantity to last
from one to two hours. Care was
taken in clabbering the milk to not
harden the curd, which makes IL ex-
tremely indigestible About one
third OF the whey was discarded and
the remaining two-thirds stirred
again into the curd. Chick grit and
fine graduated charcoal were
sprinkled on the coarse sand of the
brooder floor or placed in hoppers
where the turkey mothers ranged
with their flocks.
The mash was first fed at noon
daily when the poults were from ten
to fourteen days old. 1t consisted of
equal parts by weight of bran, ground
wheat, and ground oats moistened to
crumbly dry consistency with curd.
The hard boiled eggs were discon-
| tinued about the fourth week and
about ten per cent by weight of good
| grade beef scrap was then added to
the mash. 1t should be noted that
| cracked corn and corn meal are not
used in the ration until the turkeys
are ready for fattcning After the
fourth week the poults were fed
three times daily and feeding time
Increased gradually from three to
five minutes. After the fifth week
! sprouted oats formed the morning
feed, moist mash the noon feed and
| grain the night feed The young
! poults had as range a two-acre grove
Of lindens, English and red maple,
and other shade trees A grass mix
ture with dandelions grew under the
trees. The college poults have this
year been Matched in incubators and
reared in breeders as successfully as
those Matched and reared by turkey
| hens.
a critical time in the life of the
poults comes with the shooting the
red The following tonic is recon-
mended by a southern turkey woman,
Miss Kate Mahoney, as beneficial at
the time young pOults shoot the
red or for young or mature stock
at any time when bowel trouble or
sluggishness of action is observed;
l pound of ginger
a pound salicylate of soda
y Id. sulphate iron powdered
"a pound camphor
teaspoon turpentine
Us water TO moisten and make in
to pills the size of a small marble
For mature birds give three pills
daily and poults in proportion to
size; or the tonic may be dissolved in
sweet milk for the poults to drink.
Another tonic highly recommend
ed is:
Powkdered CassiS bark 3 or