Turkey Raising

It la just fis easy to raise fine, large anJ healthy turkey, if the proper conrse b pnrsued, as it is to worry overa lot of puny birda all the season, and then have tliem snly attnin to about half the size they otherwise would. The best place to raiac tnrkeys successfiilly and profitably is on r. grain or grass lana, where they can have r. ood range. Turkey kept hoUsedwillnot ! do well. They cannot bear confinement. ! It is natural ir thein to roam about, even while yonng, in soarch of bugs anc Üies. The best mother is a turkey her. ■ she wil" cover her chicks well. For breeding stock, nelect a large, well fonxorl and early hatched yonng gobbler, and, v.iicn it :;n he dono, have your hens twoyears oldat least. They willlay netter, set sleadrer, and are far better motheis, while the young are invariably hardier than those from last ycar's hatch. It'good, strong stock is sclectecl, turkey raising is veiy easy, and cspecially profitable where Iwnzc gohblcrs are used. A young bronzo gobbler ruDDirig witb a dozen common heus will adtl an avemgo of fivc pounds to the weiglit of cach chick hatched the first year, whilo the young tnrkeys will bo sironger and more easily raised, bcsides bringing a greater remuneration to their owner when niarketcd. In some portions of California flocks of firpui 1,000 to 5,000 are raised by oneowner. The young require nothing but warmtb for tiio first forty-cight hours. Tu-rkeys uttcll in twenty-seven or twenty-eight mjs. If young turkeys are fedatnll,they sliould be i'ed with soft food, not wet food, nnd often. For the last feed,gi ven early in 1 the evening, broken wheat is preferred. 5hev arp ñ-7 '-'i "i cur, or cottage ïecsp, or smearkase ; it is good for thenj. I know some partios who consider that their Bucceas in raisicö yonng turkeys is due to a fríe use ofthe above. For drink, fresh and sweet niilk is preferable to water. Do uot let it sour in their drinking vessels. C'orn ineal, mixed with the liijuid in which nical has boen boiled, is a good food. Otiions clioppod line are very desirable for poultry, espocially so tbr y ourg turkeys. Üue of the greatest eneraies of chicks is the large or lieod louse. To prevent and removo this pest, anoint the hcad of each young Lurkey with Jard or butter. Some use coa! Di), but thaí is oo heroic treatment. Dust jront turkey hen well with carbol ie powdei vhen you set her, and repeat a levr daya lelore hatching. Follow a similar couraa with chickeus