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certain parts of England it was, until quite 

 recently, the favorite variety, and is known there 

 as the Black Norfolk." * 



TURKEYS GENERAL CARE 



At no time in, the life of the turkey does its 

 wild nature assert itself more than at the laying 

 season. The domesticated turkey hen still loves 

 secrecy as regards her nesting place. Half- 

 wild turkeys, when given their liberty, have 

 frequently eluded all attempts on the part of 

 watchers to follow them and to locate their nests. 

 Many successful turkey raisers who do not keep 

 the breeding fowls confined within large in- 

 closures provide nesting places for them in more 

 or less secluded places. An empty barrel turned 

 on its side or pieces of wide boards nailed together 

 so that a low roof is formed over a nest on the 

 ground answer the purpose. As a good turkey 

 hen will lay more eggs than she can cover well 

 at one sitting, it is customary to remove the eggs 

 from the nest daily and to place the first laid 

 under broody hens. The last eggs should be given 

 the turkey hen to hatch. 



Some attempts have been made to rear tur- 

 keys by means of artificial incubators and brood- 

 ers, but in many instances the results have been 



*H. S, Babcock, in "Turkeys and How to Grow Thera"-Myrick, p. 22. 



