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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS

A LETTER TO MY READERS

FACTS ABOUT TURKEY RAISING

BREEDING

BRIEF OUTLINE OF MY METHOD OF RAISING TURKEYS

THROWING THE RED

BREEDING

SELECTION AND TREATMENT OF BREEDING STOCK

RULES FOR THE SELECTION OF STOCK

KIND OF HENS TO SELECT

NUMBER OF FEMALES TO ONE MALE

CARE TO BE GIVEN BREEDING STOCK

MATING

FEEDING DURING BREEDING SEASON

NESTS AND NESTING.

HATCHING

FIRST FEED

AVOID VERMIN

THE SETTING OF THE TURKEY HEN

THE THROWING OF THE RED AND YOUNG TURKEYS

INVESTIGATION OF DISEASES

BLACKHEAD

MY FIRST SUCCESSFUL FIGHT AGAINST BLACKHEAD

TO DETECT BLACKHEAD

TREATMENT OF FULL GROWN TURKEYS

BLACKHEAD IN YOUNG TURKEYS

STARTS WITH A COMMON COLD

Treatment of a Common Cold.

COMMON DISEASES

RHEUMATISM

“ROTTEN CROP” SOMETIMES MISTAKEN FOR BLACKHEAD

COLD—CATARRH—COUGH—BRONCHITIS

ROUP

CONSUMPTION OF THE THROAT

CONSUMPTION OF THE LUNGS

SWOLLEN HEADS

SORE EYES AND HEAD

CONSTIPATION IN TURKEYS

DIARRHEA

GAPES

TAPE WORM

PERITONITIS

THE BRONZE TURKEY

THE ORGANS AND SIZE

COLORING

SELECTION OF BREEDING STOCK

MARKETING

DRESSING

SHIPPING

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