| 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 |
| Tape Worm | 117 |
| Peritonitis | 119 |
| The Bronze Turkey | 125 |
| The Organs and Size | 125 |
| Coloring | 126 |
| Selection of Breeding Stock | 127 |
| Marketing | 129 |
| Dressing | 130 |
| Shipping | 131 |