Part 2

Breeding 15

BRIEF OUTLINE OF MY METHOD OF RAISING TURKEYS 23

Throwing the Red 27

BREEDING 31

Selection and Treatment of Breeding Stock 31

Rules for the Selection of Stock 32

Kind of Hens to Select 33

Number of Females to One Male 35

Care to be Given Breeding Stock 36

Mating 38

Feeding During Breeding Season 38

Nests and Nesting 40

Hatching 42

First Feed 43

Avoid Vermin 45

The Setting of the Turkey Hen 46

THE THROWING OF THE RED AND YOUNG TURKEYS 55

INVESTIGATION OF DISEASES 65

BLACKHEAD 71

My First Successful Fight Against Blackhead 73

To Detect Blackhead 78

Treatment of Full Grown Turkeys 79

Blackhead in Young Turkeys 81

Starts With a Common Cold 84

Treatment of a Common Cold 84

COMMON DISEASES 91

Rheumatism 91

“Rotten Crop,” Sometimes Mistaken for Blackhead 93