Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1875 — Wintering Turkeys. [ARTICLE]

Wintering Turkeys.

Turkeys do not require as warm quarters in winter as do other fowls. However cold the weather they should be allowed to run out of doors every day, , except, perhaps, in very stormy weather. If confined in warm quarters and not allowed to run out of doors they usually show signs of indisposition; lose their appetite, become dumpish and inactive, and not unfrequently die. They are very hardy birds and easily wintered. About ail they require is a place to roost at night where they will he out of the wind; plenty to eat and drink and their liberty during the day. Some persons even go so far as to contend that they do not need to be out of the wind even, but should he allowed to roost in trees if they wish to. At first thought this might sdem to be in accordance with their nature, as they will almost invariably choose a tree to roost in if there is one on the place, 'J'his is undoubtedly a trait , inherited from their wild ancestors, hut we must remember that in their wild state they could choose their roosts in the depths of the-forest and thus he sheltered "from the wind,'■while on most farms what trees there are, are more or less exposed to the wind, and are thus rendered unfit for roosting purposes;— American Patron. » - thousand sheep have been im- , ported into Montana the present year.