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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FARMERS' BULLETIN No. 1409 TURKEY RAISING [Illustration]

TURKEY RAISING is usually carried on as a side line on general farms, though in some parts of the United States it constitutes the chief source of revenue from farming.

The number of turkeys in this country decreased for a time after the 1890 census, but during recent years the industry has been growing, largely because of improved methods of controlling turkey diseases and better methods of management.

This bulletin has been prepared primarily to inform those interested in turkey raising on modern methods of management. Most of the recommendations are adaptable to both small and large scale production.

Washington, D. C.

Issued April 1924

Slightly revised February 1939

TURKEY RAISING

By Stanley J. Marsden and Alfred R. Lee, associate poultry husbandmen, Animal Husbandry Division, Bureau of Animal Industry[1]