TABLE OF CONTENTS

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