Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 120, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1912 — SECURE GOOD TURKEY FLOCK [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SECURE GOOD TURKEY FLOCK

Burest and Quickest Way la to Dlacard Alt Mongrels and Buy Trio of Pure Breda. i The surest and quickest way to get A flock of good turkeys is to discard all the mongrels and get a trio of pure bred turkeys of the best blood you can afford. But, however well bred your females may be you will be required to ’purchase a tom every year to prevent Inbreeding. Turkeys are more susceptible to the harmful

-! . . )- ’ ■ results of inbreeding than any other class of fowls. This works disaster to a flock. Inbred turkeys will be apt to produce infertile eggs. But where a pure bred tom is purchased every year your birds will be strong and healthy, and the eggs fertile and the poults vigorous. Providing Fresh Air. Birds are so constituted by nature that they require an abundance of fresh aSr for health rad vigor. They never do well with a limited supply of air. For this reason all coops rad boxes fa which poultry of any kind Is kept la the summer should be as opea as possible. Let the roof be tight to protect from rain, hut at least one side be opea fra the admission of fresh sir at all times. The open side may he protected by wire cloth or other material that will let in sir, but keep but rate, eta ■—■■■ 1 .... -• j* / , - To nfa. u£ be* and mo*Tir»o» «wta tomato, should MUM related

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