TABLE OF CONTENTS
Margaret Mahaney
PAGE
Introduction
iii
A Letter to My Readers
3
Facts About Turkey Raising
13
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
Cold—Catarrh—Cough—Bronchitis
94
Roup
96
Consumption of the Throat
100
Consumption of the Lungs
101
Swollen Heads
104
Sore Eyes and Head
109
Constipation in Turkeys
110
Diarrhea
112
Diarrhea in Little Turkeys
115
Gapes
116
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