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Excerpt from American Turkey Journal, Vol. 10: April, 1941 I always use commercial starter right from the start and have little trouble getting the poults to eat. But I have noticed that they are quickly attracted by anything with bright color and I have often placed a few bright marbles on top of their mash and it is amusing to watch them pick at the marbles and at the same time pick up some of the mash then they soon forget the marbles. Cut greens on top of the feed answers the same purpose. There is do discounting the import ance of having the right quality of starting mash and I have always found it best to keep it before them at all times but believe they dct best if it is given to them often in smaller quantities. A constant supply of fresh water 'is also very important and can be given in any dish or container convenient to the size of the poult, preferably one that it cannot get into, or get dirt into it. Tender greens are also an important part of the ration and is not likely to be overdone. Under the conditions I have mentioned poults grow so rapidly they are likely to out grow their equipment and their room before we become aware of it. It is important that the equipment keeps pace with development if one is to get best results. I believe-that many turkey raisers, including myself, have practiced keeping brooder houses too warm. Last year I experimented a little by keeping it cooler with one brood and I found they seemed sturdier, grew faster and feathered better than where I kept them warmer. I shall cut down the heat a little on all broods this year. I have found it a good thing to keep a lanter'n burning over the center of the hover as a means of preventing crowd ing and of quieting the poults if they be come restless at night. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.