The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-30

Time For Big Effort
Mr.. Ogaard believes that this il
the time for Montana's great effor
in making the best possible showing
at the International show. Since Dec
ember has been designated as Mon
us to see that he gets it. That's goot
business for all of us. Our appetites
may not be the same as that of the
consumer, who is paying s1.00 tt
$500 for his order of chicken OF
turkey, bat he is the fellow we are
all catering to, and he must be
pleased.
People living in the corn section
of the midwest have an idea thai
a piece of corn-fed meat is the only
thing worth while. This is a fallacy
that is going to be exploded right
here. Certainly, corn is a great
feed. 1t makes fat and heat, but
where it is used as an exclusive diet
the fat is apt to be soft and greasy
and many times too much of it for
eating purposes.
Another thing: meat grown on
a corn diet is apt to be of long fibre,
hence tougher. While you may put
on extra weight, it is not always the
best.
Feeding Turkeys For Market.
Too much can not be said in favor
of the turkey as a delicious meat
fowl. If more were known about the
raising, feeding, fattening and
keting Of turkeys, more would be
produced and more would be con-
100000 nh <v1-Ly~- ~ arI-of hoe hnnn
and is altogether too short. Espec-
tally desirable is turkey as a banquet
dish at any season of the year. To
popularize the turkey as a select
and special food, it is necessary to
have the quality, and the making of
the quality must begin on the farm.
If turkey raisers will cooperate with
us in the effort to improve the qua
lily Of turkeys, it will greatly help
to increase the demand, and will
thus materially improve prices.
Before starting to fatten your tur-
keys it is important that you select
Just the heaIthiest and the strong
est birds to fatten for early market.
Do this without regard to age. In
that manner, you will give the small,
thin and unhealthy turkeys a chance
to slowly get in condition, and you
can later fatten them and thus make
prime birds out of them, while if you
try to fatten and market them be-
fore they are large enough you will
only have Number Twos. There is
a market for turkeys in the late
winter and spring and weather con-
ditions will usually permit shipment
up to April first
Turkeys have a roaming nature.
They are not as domesticated as
chickens. They hide their nests and
hatch their young in secluded and
sometimes remote places. Close con-
finement, therefore, is likely to
bring about a sudden reaction in
their mode of living not always con-
ducive to fattening purposes. Small
for that reason, are not desir-
able. Larger enclosures are more
successful. However, the advantage
of we'll fattened turkeys is apparent.
There will be more Number Ones if
care is taken in the feeding of tur-
keys just before sending them to
market. Add to your grain feed a
mixture, or balanced ration, and you
will have good results. Give them
plenty of fresh water and all the
.fatening feeds that they will stand.
Be careful that none of your turkeys
east any frozen vegetation in the
fall or winter or they are apt to
suffer from digestive disorders.
Do not allow turkeys to have ac-
cess to barnyard puddles. Keep
them away from manure seepage.
A l-szT "a Ir&k1r-asIIx Anaa fo
while will do them good and it is a
mild laxative and will keep the sys-
tenn clean and furnish the animal
protein that they get in the summer
on the range.
When conditioning for market.
you can keep your turkeys close to
the feed lot by good feeding, or keep
them penned in a larger space so
that they will not know that they
are confined. Sometimes they will
stand confinement in a wire enclos-
ure but often it is best to let them
run loose in a larger space as they
will not stray far from the base of
supply during the fall and winter
months-not as they would during
the laying and Matching season. Feed
clean ground or boards. Give
mostly oats, speltz, barley or old
corn or any other grain that is free
m~ustiness.
The government recommends as
follows: ''In fattening turkeys for
market, an excellent plan is to be-
gin about the first of October 10
feed night and morning, feeding
Just enough at a time so that the
birds go away still a little hungry.
increase the amount until