TABLE OF CONTENTS

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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]

FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS

Miss Mahaney at Turkey Park[Frontispiece]
Miss Mahaney’s $150.00 Prize Tom[v]
Showing Style of Runs[17]
The Mahaney System Develops Strong, Hardy Birds[23]
“Give the Turkeys All the Milk You Can”[26]
R. I. Reds and Plymouth Rocks Make Excellent Mothers[43]
Breeding Pens[47]
Turkeys Should Be Tamed[51]
Friends (Miss Mahaney and “Grandma Cleaves”)[77]
Women Make the Most Successful Turkey Raisers[82]
Turkeys Thrive Best on High Land[92]
Turkey Raising Is an Interesting and Healthful Occupation[126]

A LETTER TO MY READERS

Turkey Park,

Concord, Mass.

My dear Readers:—