| Show other turkeys to jump up and takeplace When it was dark and all the roosts were full we would tip-toe out of the coop Don Prestwich son of Joseph Prestwich also remembers the early days We putrack onwagon and withshovel tossed grain from one side to the other asway of mixing it Each poult was taken by hand and its beak was dipped into water or milk to help it learn to drink Now the poults are just dumped out in the coop We used to feed the turkeys twiceday Now everything is automated and feeders are filled once or twiceweek according to the age of the turkeys At noon we used to pour water on the mash and feed the turkeys wet mash thinking it would help them eat more We used to slip in barrels of buttermilk and feed the turkeys as well as shipping in blocks of whey from the dairy processing places We used to run our turkeys alongside the river and they waded and drank in the river remember dipping water out of the river in fifty-gallon drums and hauling it to the turkeys in an old Modelwhich held three or four barrels Moroni Feed Company Mill Courtesy Ida Donaldson 136 |
