Margaret Mahaney Talks About Turkeys

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Margaret Mahaney Talks About Turkeys by Margaret Mahaney.

Contents

• MARGARET MAHANEY Talks About Turkeys6
• INTRODUCTION By Philip R. Park8
• FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS15
• A LETTER TO MY READERS16
• FACTS ABOUT TURKEY RAISING19
• BREEDING21
• BRIEF OUTLINE OF MY METHOD OF RAISING TURKEYS24
• THROWING THE RED27
• BREEDING28
• SELECTION AND TREATMENT OF BREEDING STOCK29
• RULES FOR THE SELECTION OF STOCK30
• KIND OF HENS TO SELECT31
• NUMBER OF FEMALES TO ONE MALE32
• CARE TO BE GIVEN BREEDING STOCK33
• MATING34
• FEEDING DURING BREEDING SEASON35
• NESTS AND NESTING.36
• HATCHING38
• FIRST FEED39
• AVOID VERMIN40
• THE SETTING OF THE TURKEY HEN41
• THE THROWING OF THE RED AND YOUNG TURKEYS44
• INVESTIGATION OF DISEASES47
• BLACKHEAD49
• MY FIRST SUCCESSFUL FIGHT AGAINST BLACKHEAD50
• TO DETECT BLACKHEAD54
• TREATMENT OF FULL GROWN TURKEYS55
• BLACKHEAD IN YOUNG TURKEYS56
• STARTS WITH A COMMON COLD58
• Treatment of a Common Cold.59
• COMMON DISEASES61
• RHEUMATISM62
• “ROTTEN CROP” SOMETIMES MISTAKEN FOR BLACKHEAD64
• COLD—CATARRH—COUGH—BRONCHITIS65
• ROUP66
• CONSUMPTION OF THE THROAT68
• CONSUMPTION OF THE LUNGS69
• SWOLLEN HEADS71
• SORE EYES AND HEAD73
• CONSTIPATION IN TURKEYS74
• DIARRHEA75
• Diarrhea in Little Turkeys77
• GAPES78
• TAPE WORM79
• PERITONITIS80
• THE BRONZE TURKEY82
• THE ORGANS AND SIZE83
• COLORING84
• SELECTION OF BREEDING STOCK85
• MARKETING86
• DRESSING87
• SHIPPING88
• Transcriber's Note89
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE91

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