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personal examination of each one, whether areas labelled as refuges, forests, and 

 parks are actually suitable for restocking with turkeys. 



TABLE 38. Status of turkey restoration 



Quality of Planting Stock; Wild Weights. It is doubtful whether 

 turkey plants of partially domestic strain are effective. 



The early Missouri plants consisted of crosses between wild gobblers and 

 tame hens. Where the gobblers came from was not determined. It is under- 

 stood that tame stock is no longer used. 



The Indiana plant was a mixture of Arizona and Dakota birds. This indi- 

 cates they were hybrids. 



The Wisconsin plant was a mixture of wild and domestic blood. 



In judging the purity and thrift of alleged wild planting stock, and of 

 turkeys killed from wild populations, a record of weights of genuine wild birds, 

 as described in the old literature, may be of some use. The following records of 

 weights in this region were encountered during the survey. 



TABLE 39. Weights of wild turkeys 



