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such animal and vegetable food as she can find. The young raised in that manner are strong and healthy and when they get well started they grow rapidly. But heavy rains and periods of damp weather sometimes cause heavy losses in broads so raised and various means arc taken to prevent such loss by limiting the range tor a longer or shorter time after hatching. One meth od is to set up a feme (pirhaps two feet hiyh) of boards, or small mesh wire, to enclose an area of two or three hundred ’ square feet, on a dry spot, where ' no water will stand during a rainstorm. This fence will con fine the poults, but will permit the hen to leave them for a few minutes, if she desires to do so. During the cool weather ol early spiing the board fence will pro tect the early hatched brood against harsh winds better than wire; but later in »he season, when the sun brats upon the ground, wire is better because it permits a free circulation of air. These fences should be moved to a fresh location asoften as is ncccessary to keep the ground thoroughly clean Poults lulls confined arc allowed their liberty when they arc strong enough to get out of the en closure. Another plan is to confine the turkey hen in a coop anil allow the poults to run at large. The coop for this purpose should not be less than four feet long by three wide, am! high enough to allow the hen to stretch to her full height. Hens that have not been accustomed to any kind of restraint seldom can be confin ed in a coop successfully. These coops must be moved daily to fresh locations and the hen must be dusted with lice killing jiowdcr once a week to kern down the lire, whit h breed and increase rapidly when the turkey is unable to take a thor ough dust bath. I 'nless tnc hen is very tame she cannot be let out lor an oc casional run, for it is not often possible to get her to go back to the coop. The poult* grow well and ap pear tr* be strong and vigorous, but when the hen is finally set at liberty, as she must be at the end of a month or six weeks, she may lead them so hard a base that some of them become W worn out and lost. Little turkeys whose parent* are accustomed to getting their tood by foraging seldom need to be fed anything fom the farmer’s stores; in fact they can seldom be found and apprcach ed. For those to be raised under other conditions thtre it noth*j ing better than stale (not mouldy) bread, dampened with milk, for the first two days. a .u .. i _t • »UU % O *| VI |»l V pared chick food made of small and finely cracked grains is a safe and desirable ration until the poults are large enough to cat whole wheat, cracked corn and other coarse food. Those that arc in pens, or whose mothers arc confined in coops, must be fed three lull meals a day. Some whole corn sheu'd be provided for the hen, and freshwater should be »up|l*cd at least twice each day. The youngsters should n« t ! e fed as soon as they are batched and dried off. They will be healthier and grow faster if no food is supplied until they are at least two days (forty-eight hours) old. They arc supplied naturally with enough nouimh meat to lant them two or three day*, and to give them more, before that in annimilated. dm lurtm the action of the digentive organ*. Potatoes Needed. It mav be nurpriniog to farm er* in thm territory to learn that from the ii.imi.ihiii farm* of the I nited State* nufficient potatoc* are not rainetl to natinfy the de mand* for home connumption. It i* entimated that the amount rained each year in thin country m a little more than three bunhel* for every man. woman and child in the countrv, amount ing to* 250.ottu.OUM or 275.i*«»,i**o bunhel* a year. However, it ha* been ncce**ary to import more than a milium and a halt bunhel* of thin tuber. In one week of the summer of 1*m4. mi.ooo sack* of foreign potatoes of an old crop were un}»ortcd in New York city and sold for over a dollar a bushel. It is time for farmers to be alive to the fact that they arc neglecting a source of great revenue. Job Printing a specialty, t GILVO POULTRY FARM Breeder of Barred P. Rocks and Rose Comb Brown Leghorns. Eggs from B. 1\ Rocks Pen No. 1 at $2 per 15, $.T.5o per .To. pcn No. 2’ $1 50 per 15, $2 50 per TO. No. T, $1.25 per 15. $2 per To. Rose Comb Browc Leghorns— Eggs from pen N > 1. $2 pe* it, $T.50 per TO, Pen No. 2, $1 per 15, $2 per TO. A limited nnmlu r B. P. R. and R. C. B. Leghorn cockerels for sale cheap. Send in your orders early. Satisfaction Guaranteed. F. K. HALL A MI) Oir vn Mr >. Money Order office Tupelo. Lf i o. I THE “MANPY” LEE I CHICK BROODER. I The " Handy" Lee I* the only chick Ityoodrr fumt.hing natural brooding fond • 1 All other* ar*> almply h*>t t*>*e* In ir;ir brooder there I* ***f| contact heat a *.rin 8 blanket one loot m idr and four feet long rwrtol down In th» middle and with curtain “ f r*.i.t and t«ack Tht* blanket i* hea'.r*; with pijw* fmoi at.rtr.ctrnl) from end to end. to the temperature of a hen'* body The chid.* n’cep »ith thl* *»arm blanket »>n their back ». riling a u.ft ronurt hrat, a* nature in trr,d**rt Ample ventilation, but no draft* No crowding, no h<*t <>r cool corner*, 1 »> iy (leaned l Yaw can ram >«w' ti»ttt i« the ii*h law. Tht Prlct It Only $10.00. FUAAV CUAHANTVCO. *•«. I.. Cm.»* tan.ae* aaW Indm. j CEO. H. LEE CO., Omaha, Nab. TURKEY EBBS* Mammoth Bron/c Turkey eggs at nine for $2 5<». Hen* very large and vigorous. Mks. J. IK HOLUSSHKl). Ok toe, Mixh, 13for SI. I «r»|| *rJt egg* from my %»«*!! mark et! and high coring It. I*, lit* k« li^ {! |*ef IX Hundred* to *rl|. Wd! *eJJ doing April. and June .it fXSO per hun«!red. J.li HILL, Field. M»**. EGGS FOR HATCHING From right tarietir*, Whole or mt* e«! aitting* furnifthrd if de*trrd. 9F SO And 12 j»er I ’ L. W. PAYNK. i 4j|utn?»uft( ^ ***, Mammoth Oak Stock & Poultr* Farm Khorlr Inland Kedn and Par tridge Wyandotte t hicken*. I hi roc Jcrncy and Poland Chi na j»ign. The bent that money could buy. A limited number of eggn for nalc. Pign now ready to ship. Mms. N. K. Di i i-ki i . May be w, Minn. CHOICE EGGS Kroon ll l\ llrown anti S c\ Hmi Leghorn*, Ilufl ami Hlark Lang«han* Hrtl *‘a|»* anti HU»«* Antlilutlom l’rit:r fl.So for II, 2 7S for 2r». 3 7$ for A'i Hull Leghorn lint* at f2. , K. I- Vlatthrw*. 113, lk>a/. Ala IPEKIN DUCK EGGS lVkm Duck eggs for sale. 51 for 14. Dura K. Wood non, Siurgt*, Mils, Jacks, Saddle Horses, Poland China Hogs. Write foi what you want. J. K. COOK A CO., Lexington. Ky. SOIL INOCULATING BACTERIA C. S.»tovermnent no longer nujh plic*. I>emand too heavy Wi Mwt'i u'iiki iin si andean •*»i|»|dy y«*u f..r t«»* |k n. Alfalfa* Veteli «*» ( k«vrf». Kt«- t arte |mi k .»*;«• f' Ml, 2 aerr packa^f? $2.Mi. 3a»ic puk.iuc ft, |>o*l pa ul, lull ilt i eel ion i*. 11 i|gh<*at ^ i ailf. N. L WILLET DRUfi CO. Seedsman and Mamit u turern, Ar».fsi a, (1a.