TURKEY FATTENING.
A nice plump turkey. Well, we all have a weakness that way. Turkeys are undoubtedly profitable to raise when they have been reared on profitable principles, which means plenty of food, care, and exercise. There is a great difference of opinion in regard to fattening turkeys ; but experience has shown breeders that the best way to get the greatest number of pounds of flesh is to feed the birds all they will eat, right from the time they hatch out till they are ready for market. While they are running at large is the time to develop them They undoubtedly get much food in the fields, the shattered grain, the "hoppers.” worms, &c., but then they must be supplemented by daily or twice daily feeds of grain at the barn. Turkeys cannot bear confinement, especially when in small flocks or singly, and should never be confined longer than a week or ten days before killing. An ordinary rail pen is one of the best for the purpose, for they like to be on the ground. At this time feed principally on cooked or soft food and plenty of milk if you have it to spare, giving occasionally hard whole grain, to keep the flesh solid and firm.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1858, 6 February 1880, Page 3
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209TURKEY FATTENING. Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1858, 6 February 1880, Page 3
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