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