FEEDING TURKEYS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2369, 5 November 1881, Page 4

FEEDING TURKEYS.

A writer on this subject says :—The food I give is as simple as my management, but I must have punctuality, or my birds waste more in an hoar than they gain in a day. But what description of the live stock of the farm does thrive without punctuality and cleanliness in feeding ? All Idois to feed twice during the day. I give warm food in the morning—barley meal mixed with boiled mangel—the other two meals are of dry corn, chiefly maize, and they have as much as they will eat and no more. If not thoroughly satisfied they wander and exorcise themselves too freely. If food is wastefully thrown about they do not come to their next meal so heartily. I believe mangel is a splendid addition to their diet, and even if not boiled I would put the raw root within their reach, as it keeps them healthy and counteracts the heating of the corn. Peed well and the birds will rest well ; if they rest well, they will fatten well ; if they fatten well they ought to pay well. KEEP WELL-BRED FOWLS. Even in these enlightened times there are many people who have yet to learn (says the “ Mark Lane Express”) that it costs quite as much to keep an inferior animal as it does to feed one which has been carefully bred, while the latter is not only more valuable for breeding purposes, but fattens more quickly, and realises a better price when killed. The badly-bred, weakly, and inferior specimens are never profitable to keep, and the sooner these are weeded out and disposed of, even at a sacrifice, the less will be the ultimate loss. This applies equally as much to poultry keeping as it does to cattle and other kinds of stock. If poultry are to be made to pay .then the most suitable varieties must be kept, and the old and used-up specimens sold.